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KMID : 0371019970300040815
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Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
1997 Volume.30 No. 4 p.815 ~ p.829
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Evaluation on Hearing Conservation Program in the Noisy Industries
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Kwak MS
Lee Jong-Tae
Kim Jeong Ho
Urm Sang-Hwa
Kim Dae-Hwan
Son Byung-Chul
Lee Chang-Hee
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Abstract
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This study was performed to assist the employer to establish the effective program for hearing conservation of noisy industry. The study subjects were health care managers of an industry and the study industries were devided into two groups(Group I , 37 industries; have the workers diagnosed as noise-induced´ hearing loss, Group
41 industries; not have the´ -workers diagnosed as noise-induced hearing loss) and the question method carried out through the face to face interview. The contents of questionnaire for OSHA´s hearing conservation program(HCP) consisted of seven components: 5 questions of monitoring of employee noise exposures(cpmponent 1), 6 questions of the institution of engineering, work practice, and administrative controls for excessive noise(component 2), 8 questions of the provision of each overexposed employee with an individually fitted hearing protector with an adequate noise reduction rating(component 3), 14 questions of employee training and education regarding noise hazards and protection measures(component 4), 9 questions of baseline and annual audiometry(component 5), 3 questions of procedures for preventing further occupational hearning loss by an employee whenever such an event has been dentified(component 6), and 1 question of recording keeping(component 7), thus total numbers of questions was 46.
The numbers of statistially significant difference(p(0.05) between two groups were 2(25.0%) among 8 questions of component 3, 10(71.4%) among 1´;4 questions of component 4, 3(33.3%) among 8 questions of component 5, 2(66.7%) among 3 questions of component 6, and 17(37.0%) among total 46 questions of questionnaire.
Above results showed that the level of HCP acceptance in group I was lower than in group II. Thus employer´s understanding about HCP shoulde precede for the effective hearing conservation program of employee and the adequ, to hearing protector, training and education, baseline and annual audiometry, and procedures for prevent-
ing further occupational hearning loss for hearing conservation would be more emphasized.
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KEYWORD
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noisy industry, effective hearing conservation program
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