Identification of hazardous condition of workplace in wood-based furniture industry : A case study

Lee, Cheang Fu (2018) Identification of hazardous condition of workplace in wood-based furniture industry : A case study. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka. (Submitted)

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Abstract

The furniture manufacturing industry is an industry consisting of various types of workplaces, there are many hazards which put manufacturing workers' health and safety at risk. Workers can be exposed to a number of hazards in this industry that can result in serious injuries, occupational illness or even death. Therefore, furniture industry has been chosen as a research study because the workers were more easily exposed with the potential factors of occupational diseases which are noise pollution, wood dust, and ergonomic hazard and so on. This research focus on noise exposure, wood dust hazard, chemical hazard and ergonomic hazard. For the noise exposure in the furniture workplace compare with OSHA regulation and FMA regulation. Ten machines in the production selected in order to get the noise level data by using digital sound level detector model 407730. Feedback of the employee will be done to collect the data on wood dust and chemical hazard especially in cutting department and spraying department. For ergonomic hazard, RULA analysis will be apply in order to determine the working posture of the employee in different department which are packaging department, cutting department and assembly department. All the data taken in the data collection process will be analysed and discussed. From the research results obtained, propose recommendations and suggestions to help the company improve the working area for their workers and to eliminate the accidents and risk among workers.

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