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| Title: | Occupational health: Respiratory protection in the industry |
| Authors: | Kim, Kek Seong |
| Keywords: | Occupational safety and health (OSH)
Respiratory protection program
Respirators
Workers
Workplace safety |
| Issue Date: | Sep-2004 |
| Publisher: | The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia |
| Citation: | p.46, 48, 50-52 |
| Series/Report no.: | Jurutera
2004 (9) |
| Abstract: | As our country progresses towards
fully industrialised nation status by the
year 2020, many workers are still
unaware of the occupational hazards
that they are exposed to day after day.
The most common but yet critical
occupational hazard is respiratory
hazard. Hazardous contaminants in
the air, if not properly filtered, can
cause lung diseases and if absorbed
into the bloodstream can result in
damage to other organs in the body.
The effects are always long-term and
incurable. The key to an occupational
health protection program can be
summarised into 4 steps: (1)
identification of the hazards, (2)
understanding of the effects of the
hazard on workers, (3) selection of the
proper personal protective
equipments, and (4) training of the
workers in the proper use and care of
the respirators. This paper is intended
to focus and elaborate specifically on
a respiratory protection program and
how to manage it in compliance with
regulatory requirements. |
| Description: | Link to publisher’s homepage at http://www.myiem.org.my/ |
| URI: | http://www.myiem.org.my/content/iem_bulletin_2004_2007-163.aspx
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/15699 |
| ISSN: | 0126-9909 |
| Appears in Collections: | Jurutera (Bulletin)
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