Thursday, November 12, 2015

Noise Exposure Monitoring at Factory

This is requirement by DOSH (Department of Occupational & Health) or in Malay we called it JKKP (Jabatan Keselamatan Dan Kesihatan Pekerjaan).


Factories and Machinery (Noise Exposure) Regulations, 1989

The noise regulations are enforced by Malaysia’s Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Ministry of Human Resources and require that employers carry out noise exposure assessments. The current parameters and criteria for Malaysia are presented in Table 1 along with examples of the legislation in various countries in order to enable a comparison of the approaches. Data for 30 countries was analysed to identify common criteria. The results are presented in Figure 1

You can download the copy here:

http://www.dosh.gov.my/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=168&Itemid=181&lang=en