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A Study on Prevention of Workers' Noise-Induced Deafness at Aluminum Form Dismantle in Construction Industries

건설업 알루미늄폼 해체작업 시 근로자에 대한 소음성난청 예방에 관한 연구

  • Park, Jae Kuk (Department of Safety Engineering, Incheon National University) ;
  • Oh, Tea Keun (Department of Safety Engineering, Incheon National University)
  • Received : 2019.06.09
  • Accepted : 2019.07.25
  • Published : 2019.08.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the correlation between aluminum form work and noise-induced deafness by conducting special health examination on construction aluminum worker and noise measurement at the workplace. All the 11 aluminum form workers were diagnosed with noise-induced deafness after holding a special health examination. The workers have not had any previous history of noise-induced deafness which indicates that aluminum form work is related to noise-induced deafness disease. The impact noise of 120 dB(A)~125 dB(A), which exceeds the regulations of industrial safety and health act, was found during the dismantling rather than installation when noise measurement was made at the aluminum workplace. The aluminum form workers could permanently lose the hearing sense if they are exposed to this impact noise. This study is to suggest the method to prevent noise-induced deafness for aluminum form workers by firstly giving out hearing protection equipment at the construction site and secondly installing rubber mat, soundproof panel as well as changing the noise-lowering technique.

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