Evaluating the Risk of Respirable Dust Exposure Among Employees at The Meru Furniture Factory

Abstract

In a work setting, particularly in the industrial sector, effects of airborne particulates such as exposure to respirable dust are harmful to health and safety of employees. This study aims to determine the concentration of respirable dust that affect the furniture factory workers, to evaluate the possible health risk that may happen to the furniture factory workers who are exposed to the respirable dust via designated questionnaires, and to compare between concentration of respirable dust in furniture factory with the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL). This research studied the respirable dust contamination among the employees in Meru furniture factory.