Respiratory symptoms and ventilatory function defects among Para rubber wood sawmill workers in the south of Thailand

Thepaksorn, Phayong; Fadrilan-Camacho, Vivien Fe F.; Siriwong, Wattasit

doi:10.1080/10807039.2017.1285221

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“…In addition, we performed personal and environmental sampling of respirable dust and noise exposure levels, as well as pulmonary function and audiometric tests. These results are reported elsewhere [19] , [20] .…”

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“…We adapted the conceptual model ( Fig. 1 ), following Pender's health promotion model [20] . In summary, individual risk age, environmental factors, and perceptual–cognitive factors, and risk perceptions, including additional variables related to occupational exposure and the relevance in explaining HPD use, were included in our adapted model.…”

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Relationship Between Noise-Related Risk Perception, Knowledge, and the Use of Hearing Protection Devices Among Para Rubber Wood Sawmill Workers

Thepaksorn

Siriwong

Neitzel

et al. 2018

Safety and Health at Work

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BackgroundThe understanding of the relationship between risk perception, knowledge, and protective behaviors could play a major role in occupational risk control and management. Research exploring how workers perceive, recognize, and react to risks in different occupational settings is scarce in Thailand. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship of noise-related risk perceptions and knowledge to the use of hearing protective devices (HPDs) among sawmill workers in Thailand.MethodsSawmill workers (n = 540) from four factories in Trang, Southern Thailand, participated in a questionnaire interview from December 2015 to January 2016. Descriptive statistics and linear regression models were used to explore the risk factors related to HPD use. Path diagram analysis was demonstrated and used to evaluate associations.ResultsRisk perception was significantly correlated with HPD use (p < 0.01), HPD training (p = 0.01), and the number of years of work experience (p = 0.03). Sawmill workers were likely to use HPDs based on their risk perception and HPD training. However, HPD training was inversely correlated with age and the number of years of work experience.ConclusionThe study highlights the importance of risk perceptions and knowledge, and these factors should be emphasized in the design and implementation of any personal safety intervention program for sawmill workers.

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Relationship Between Noise-Related Risk Perception, Knowledge, and the Use of Hearing Protection Devices Among Para Rubber Wood Sawmill Workers

Thepaksorn

Siriwong

Neitzel

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“…From reviewing occupational accidents and injuries and annual reports, we found that there was an average of one case per year in which a worker was cut by a saw blade resulting in hand and arm injury 10,11) . Almost half of sawmill workers did not use or rarely used gloves because they felt uncomfortable carrying logs into the saw chain wearing gloves and worried about slippery gloves 19,20) .T h e authors strongly recommend for use of gloves to prevent injury. Wood chips flying into eyes caused eye irritation and injuries 10,11) .…”

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“…Noise levels were presently at a maximum of 94.4dBA (Table 5). Less than half of workers regularly wore ear plugs or any kinds of hearing protection 19,20) . Hearing defects and noise-induced hearing loss were reported among Para rubber tree sawmill workers in previous studies 10,11) .…”

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Job safety analysis and hazard identification for work accident prevention in para rubber wood sawmills in southern Thailand

Thepaksorn

Thongjerm

Incharoen

et al. 2017

Journal of Occupational Health

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Objective: We utilized job safety analysis (JSA) and hazard identification for work accident prevention in Para rubber wood sawmills, which aimed to investigate occupational health risk exposures and assess the health hazards at sawmills in the Trang Province, located in southern Thailand. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study which included a walk-through survey, JSA, occupational risk assessment, and environmental samplings from March through September 2015 at four Para rubber wood sawmills. Results: We identified potential occupational safety and health hazards associated with six main processes, including: 1) logging and cutting, 2) sawing the lumber into sheets, 3) planing and re-arranging, 4) vacuuming and wood preservation, 5) drying and planks re-arranging, and 6) grading, packing, and storing. Working in sawmills was associated with high risk of wood dust and noise exposure, occupational accidents injuring hands and feet, chemicals and fungicide exposure, and injury due to poor ergonomics or repetitive work. Discussion: Several high-risk areas were identified from JSA and hazard identification of the working processes, especially high wood dust and noise exposure when sawing lumber into sheets and risk of occupational accidents of the hands and feet when struck by lumber. All workers were strongly recommended to use personal protective equipment in any working processes. Exposures should be controlled using local ventilation systems and reducing noise transmission. We recommend that the results from the risk assessment performed in this study be used to create an action plan for reducing occupational health hazards in Para rubber sawmills.

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“…The economic strategies formulated by organizations to maintain the competitive advantage works on the elasticity of labour demand substantially affecting productivity, wage rate and interest rate (Noorasiah, 2017). Employees involved in manufacturing of rubberwood furniture are bound to be affected with acute and chronic irritant symptoms due to lung infection of wood dust (Thepaksorn et al, 2017). Welfare measures including that of the safety equipment and work facilities lead to reduction in accidents and safety incidents, booting their morale and build good image in the society which reflects in external stakeholder relations.…”

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Study of Timber Market of Malaysia and Its Impact on the Economy and Employment

Umachandran

Corte

2017

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I S S N 2 3 4 9 -0837 V o l u m e 7 N u m b e r 3 J o u r n a l o f A d v a n c e s i n A g r i c u l t u r e 1109 | P a g e h t t p s : / / c i r w o r l d . c o m S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 7 STUDY OF TIMBER MARKET OF MALAYSIA AND ITS IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY AND EMPLOYMENT ABSTRACTThis article presents the state of the global wood markets, which shows the evolution of forest resources and margins on the timber market over time. The underlying case has been discussed and discussed. Alternative scenarios are presented that allow one to consider some important questions about the behavior of the wood market and the future supply of industrial wood.(1) What happens along the northern and tropical margin? (2) What is the role of wood plantations? and (3) How should management change in the Malaysian market change? The baseline situation suggests that both prices and crop communities are growing in 150 years, with the largest harvest coming from existing and emerging plantations. Future harvest returns will result mainly from intensified management, through additional plantation and higher levels of management in selected forests rather than higher yields in inaccessible forests. Prices and harvest are most sensitive to alternative needs (paper, firewood) and scenarios for creating new plantations and less vulnerable to the costs of access to remote forests.

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Respiratory symptoms and ventilatory function defects among Para rubber wood sawmill workers in the south of Thailand

Cited by 14 publications

References 15 publications

Relationship Between Noise-Related Risk Perception, Knowledge, and the Use of Hearing Protection Devices Among Para Rubber Wood Sawmill Workers

Relationship Between Noise-Related Risk Perception, Knowledge, and the Use of Hearing Protection Devices Among Para Rubber Wood Sawmill Workers

Job safety analysis and hazard identification for work accident prevention in para rubber wood sawmills in southern Thailand

Study of Timber Market of Malaysia and Its Impact on the Economy and Employment

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