Noise Exposure Among Workers in Small-Medium Enterprise at Rembau, Negeri Sembilan

Abstract

Noise is derived from the Latin word ‘nausea,’ defined as ‘unwanted sound’ or ‘sound that is loud, unpleasant or unexpected’. Noise is an undesirable sound and a waste of energy that is released by a vibrating body and induces hearing through nerves when it reaches the human ear. High noise levels are recognized as a potential hazard to workers. There is serious noise pollution in the workplace that handles cement and steel. The complexity of noise sources, particularly in the cement sector, is well known. One of the aspects of noise pollution in cement plants is the high noise pressure level. In this study, we will focus on the service and other sectors on the small enterprise. A small business is widely known as vulnerable to severe occupational noise but have minimal means to detect such risk. Moreover, workers of SMEs are exposed to great risk of occupational hazard with a lower ability to mitigate the hazard has become a problem faced by SMEs.