Risk Assessment On Palm Oil Industry Jobs Using HIRARC Method

Nur Syafiqah, Abdul Rahim (2013) Risk Assessment On Palm Oil Industry Jobs Using HIRARC Method. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

This thesis presents the risk assessment of Palm Oil Industry jobs using HIRARC method. The purpose for this study is to assess the risk involved in manufacturing of Palm Oil and provide good preventive measures to this industry in term of their employees safety. HIRARC is used to identify the hazard at the workstations. There are five workstation assessed in this study. This study started with identification of hazard by using survey and interview to 30 employees. The survey was identified the age, work experiences, comfort level of the task and health problem of the workers. There are four types of hazard identified from five stations which are ergonomic, physical, mechanical and psychosocial hazard. After the identifation of hazards were completed, the process proceeded with the risk assessment. The analyzing of severity and likelihood of the hazard was identified to classify the hazard in the high level or low level based on the rating scale. Further step after assessment, the preventive measures was determined to control the risk. To reduce the risk involved in five stations, the risk control was suggested. These are engineering control, administrative control and personal protection equipment (PPE). This assessment are useful to be implemented in this industry to reduce the injury or illness among the employees.

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