Hearing Loss Risk Factors Analysis among Gold Mining Dozer Operators

Introduction: industrial mining activities have the highest prevalence of NIHL due to operating a heavy vehicle. Dozer is one of the heavy vehicles with a high noise level. Methods: This study was descriptive research about risk factors related to hearing loss of 28 dozer operators at PT. X. The ris...

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Main Authors: Aisy Rahmania, Eka Rosanti, Ramadhan Saputra, Muhammad Rifki Taufik
Format: Article
Language:Indonesian
Published: Universitas Airlangga 2022-06-01
Series:The Indonesian Journal of Occupational Safety and Health
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Online Access:https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/IJOSH/article/view/33164
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author Aisy Rahmania
Eka Rosanti
Ramadhan Saputra
Muhammad Rifki Taufik
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Eka Rosanti
Ramadhan Saputra
Muhammad Rifki Taufik
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description Introduction: industrial mining activities have the highest prevalence of NIHL due to operating a heavy vehicle. Dozer is one of the heavy vehicles with a high noise level. Methods: This study was descriptive research about risk factors related to hearing loss of 28 dozer operators at PT. X. The risk factors consisted of demographic factors, working behavior (listening to music, smoking), noise levels were analyzed with hearing loss using STS. Interviews were conducted with the workers and company representatives. Hearing loss examination used an audiometric test to determine the STS of the operators with the result that positive more than 10 dB and negative at 10 dB or less. All the data is secondary. Results: noise level of all dozers exceeds the TLV (>85dB) operated for 10 hours a day and six days a week. Half of the dozer operators had STS (+) occurred at age 40 years and older, working for more than five years, not use the PPE or misused, the habit of listening to music and smoking. Conclusion: noise and demographic factors can increase the risk of hearing loss in dozer operators. The company must control by combining plywood, foam, tray, and coir material in the dozer cabin, which can reduce 31.94 dB and apply for PPE double protection.
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spelling doaj.art-3ddeda21697f4807a9cdcd7fe1d6ac4b2022-12-22T04:00:58ZindUniversitas AirlanggaThe Indonesian Journal of Occupational Safety and Health2301-80462540-78722022-06-0111SI101810.20473/ijosh.v11iSI.2022.10-1827206Hearing Loss Risk Factors Analysis among Gold Mining Dozer OperatorsAisy Rahmania0Eka Rosanti1Ramadhan Saputra2Muhammad Rifki Taufik3Universitas Darussalam Gontor, Indonesia Siman Street, Demangan, Siman, Ponorogo 63471 East Java, Indonesia Universitas Darussalam Gontor, Indonesia Siman Street, Demangan, Siman, Ponorogo 63471 East Java, Indonesia Universitas Darussalam Gontor, Indonesia Siman Street, Demangan, Siman, Ponorogo 63471 East Java, Indonesia Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi dan Geofisika Angkasa I, No. 2 Kemayoran, Central Jakarta 10610, IndonesiaIntroduction: industrial mining activities have the highest prevalence of NIHL due to operating a heavy vehicle. Dozer is one of the heavy vehicles with a high noise level. Methods: This study was descriptive research about risk factors related to hearing loss of 28 dozer operators at PT. X. The risk factors consisted of demographic factors, working behavior (listening to music, smoking), noise levels were analyzed with hearing loss using STS. Interviews were conducted with the workers and company representatives. Hearing loss examination used an audiometric test to determine the STS of the operators with the result that positive more than 10 dB and negative at 10 dB or less. All the data is secondary. Results: noise level of all dozers exceeds the TLV (>85dB) operated for 10 hours a day and six days a week. Half of the dozer operators had STS (+) occurred at age 40 years and older, working for more than five years, not use the PPE or misused, the habit of listening to music and smoking. Conclusion: noise and demographic factors can increase the risk of hearing loss in dozer operators. The company must control by combining plywood, foam, tray, and coir material in the dozer cabin, which can reduce 31.94 dB and apply for PPE double protection.https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/IJOSH/article/view/33164dozer operators, hearing loss, mining, noise
spellingShingle Aisy Rahmania
Eka Rosanti
Ramadhan Saputra
Muhammad Rifki Taufik
Hearing Loss Risk Factors Analysis among Gold Mining Dozer Operators
The Indonesian Journal of Occupational Safety and Health
dozer operators, hearing loss, mining, noise
title Hearing Loss Risk Factors Analysis among Gold Mining Dozer Operators
title_full Hearing Loss Risk Factors Analysis among Gold Mining Dozer Operators
title_fullStr Hearing Loss Risk Factors Analysis among Gold Mining Dozer Operators
title_full_unstemmed Hearing Loss Risk Factors Analysis among Gold Mining Dozer Operators
title_short Hearing Loss Risk Factors Analysis among Gold Mining Dozer Operators
title_sort hearing loss risk factors analysis among gold mining dozer operators
topic dozer operators, hearing loss, mining, noise
url https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/IJOSH/article/view/33164
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