The investigation of heat stress among workers in pineapple plantation

Working in the pineapple plantation is quite challenging due to working under hot sun with long period without any mechanical ventilation or other technical methods. Physical work in hot and humid environments imposes health risks, productivity falling and safety problems on workers. A cross-section...

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Main Author:	Mohamad Ikhwan, Mohd Rashid
Format:	Undergraduates Project Papers
Language:	English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	HD Industries. Land use. Labor T Technology (General)
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spelling	ump-261212019-10-15T05:57:17Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/26121/ The investigation of heat stress among workers in pineapple plantation Mohamad Ikhwan, Mohd Rashid HD Industries. Land use. Labor T Technology (General) Working in the pineapple plantation is quite challenging due to working under hot sun with long period without any mechanical ventilation or other technical methods. Physical work in hot and humid environments imposes health risks, productivity falling and safety problems on workers. A cross-sectional study had been conducted at pineapple plantation in Temerloh, Pahang. The main objective of this to identify the level of heat exposure among the pineapple plantation workers and its effect with physiological parameters such as body core temperature, blood pressure and heart rate of workers at pineapple plantation. Environment parameter such as WBGT(in) and WBGT (out) was measured. The questionnaire was used to determine respondent's socio-demographic data and heat stress symptoms. This study found that WBGT index value exceeded the limit of ACGIH. The Pearson correlation test showed that there is week correlation between WBGT index with body core temperature, blood pressure and heart rate. This finding suggested to the management to follow heat stress management guidelines, implement work based on 50% work and 50% rest because the workers are exposed to the risk of heat stress. 2018-01 Undergraduates Project Papers NonPeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/26121/1/The%20investigation%20of%20heat%20stress%20among%20workers%20in%20pineapple.pdf Mohamad Ikhwan, Mohd Rashid (2018) The investigation of heat stress among workers in pineapple plantation. Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang. https://efind.ump.edu.my/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=7944
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description	Working in the pineapple plantation is quite challenging due to working under hot sun with long period without any mechanical ventilation or other technical methods. Physical work in hot and humid environments imposes health risks, productivity falling and safety problems on workers. A cross-sectional study had been conducted at pineapple plantation in Temerloh, Pahang. The main objective of this to identify the level of heat exposure among the pineapple plantation workers and its effect with physiological parameters such as body core temperature, blood pressure and heart rate of workers at pineapple plantation. Environment parameter such as WBGT(in) and WBGT (out) was measured. The questionnaire was used to determine respondent's socio-demographic data and heat stress symptoms. This study found that WBGT index value exceeded the limit of ACGIH. The Pearson correlation test showed that there is week correlation between WBGT index with body core temperature, blood pressure and heart rate. This finding suggested to the management to follow heat stress management guidelines, implement work based on 50% work and 50% rest because the workers are exposed to the risk of heat stress.
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author	Mohamad Ikhwan, Mohd Rashid
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title	The investigation of heat stress among workers in pineapple plantation
title_short	The investigation of heat stress among workers in pineapple plantation
title_full	The investigation of heat stress among workers in pineapple plantation
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title_full_unstemmed	The investigation of heat stress among workers in pineapple plantation
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