The study on factors affecting worker's practice for the use of hearing protective device in industrial garden Sahaphat Amphur Sriracha Chonburi province
Abstract:
The study on factors affecting workers practice for the use of hearing protective device in Industrial Garden Sahaphat,Amphur Sriracha, Chonburi Provice is the approaches for studying, gaining knowledge, understanding, visualization and the practice of employing hearing protective device in the industrial plant. This study is inclusive of the condition of the working place and various factors relating to the utilization of hearing protective device by collecting all data from the workers at the industrial plants in Industrial Garden Sahaphat. The data collected from them in based on these who have to contact the loudness of noise over 80 dB (A) from 370 workers by interviewing.The results of this study revealed that 61.9 percent of the workers are male and 38.1 percent are female and the range of their ages are from 17-49 years old. Their educational background are elementary school and/or lower which is equal to 36.0 percent and their average working period are 4.62 years having average daily working hour at 8.27 hours. Their average contacting the loudness of noise id 7.46 hours. Their practice in using the hearing protective device during their working is 41.4 percent, using for sometime 31.4 percent and never use it 27.3 percent. The reasons for not using the said device from the non users are oppression, annoyance, obstruction of hearing, allergy and the pain in the ears equalling 52.5 percent. They usually use ear plug for protecting their ears which is equal to 84.0 percent and 95.5 percent of them are fear of the danger to their ears, and it was found out that only 67.3 percent of them use the hearing protective device all the time during their working in the plant. 82.9 percent of them take good care of the said device. 44.6 percent of the workers used to have a training course regarding the effects of hearing and the protection against the loud noise and it was also found out that the factors related to the use of hearing protective deviceare sex, age, monthly income and the course of training in regard to the danger, the protection from noise and the training for the use of the device. Rules and all regulations must be set up by the employers for their employees regarding the hearing protective device, the yearly checking of the ability for hearing and the knowledge and understanding in the use of the said devices. From this study we have the following recommendation.There should be a comparative study or find out the relationship and/or the study of the format for the estimation between the loss of hearing from the noise during their work with the use of hearing protective device. There should also be a study of the format or the procedure in order to have an acceptance from the workers in the use of the said devices. In addition to the above recommendation we should study to find out ways and means or set up a traning course disclosing the danger from noise and the use of hearing protective devices in order to let the workers to realize the importance in the use of the above mentioned devices more effectively.