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OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD OF BRICK KILN WORKER AT HIGH INTENSITY NOISY ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

Evaluation of noise pollution load and its mitigation is a big challenge towards a sustainable environmental. The present study is an attempt to assess the noise pollution load of the study area and address the impacts of the noisy environment in brick kiln areas. An extensive noise level monitoring study was conducted at 12 pre-identified brick kiln cluster. The recorded data were interpreted and compared with the prescribed standard of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to evaluate the ambient noise quality status around the study area. A structured questionnaire was prepared to collect noise related compliance from a brick kiln worker. The noise sources were identified and their levels at different brick kiln cluster during peak working hours between 09:30 AM – 04:30 PM were measured. The study results showed that the noise level in most of the brick kilns areas exceeded the acceptable level 75 dB in on-site sampling. However, brick kiln workers were not well aware of such types of occupational hazard and noise related compliance issue.

M.K. SAHA1, S.J. AHMED2, A.H. SHEIKH3 AND M.G. MOSTAFA1

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