Audiometric notch as a sign of noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) among the rice and market flour mill workers in Tamil Nadu, South India

Sharanya, Narasimhan; Rajagopalan, Ramakrishnan; Jeffrey, Justin Margret; Visvanathan, Gnanaprakash; Chandru, Jayasankaran; Kota, Rekha; Srisailapathy, C. R. Srikumari

doi:10.1080/21695717.2021.1989249

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“…In a study conducted by Narasimhan et al, 2022, it was found that 107 workers in rice and flour factories in the state of Tamil Nadu, South India, were exposed to high levels of noise due to machinery in the workplace and experienced hearing loss [12]. In another study conducted by Nimgde et al, 2018 to evaluate occupational noise exposure of 65 flour mill workers in the city of Chandrapur, India, it was found that approximately 70% of the workers had hearing problems, and around 23% experienced constant headaches at work [13].…”

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Evaluation of Noise Levels in Flour Factories in Terms of Occupational Health and Safety

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ÖZDEMİR,

YAĞCI

2023

Kocaeli Journal of Science and Engineering

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According to the Ministery of Labor and Social Security; 10% of occupational diseases are defined as noise-induced hearing loss. Flour factories are workplaces where physical risk factors such as noise are experienced due to their processes. Necessary measures should be taken to reduce or eliminate negative consequences for human health. Noise exposure of workers in two flour mills to be measured in pneumatic, sieve, purifier and roller units selected for this purpose. These measurement studies carried out according to the TS EN ISO 9612 standard; task-based metrics. As a result of these measurements, the daily noise exposure value in all units where measurements were made was above the exposure limit value in the legal legislation. These results showed that noise exposure poses a risk for the workers in the selected flour- mills and precautions should be taken for these workers.

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