INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
The health of the workers has several determinants, including risk factors
workers will be directly related to the heavy equipment used for operating
usually generates a high sound power level (for example, cnoise induced
by a container crane can caused noise with approximately 110 to 115 dBA
for typical operation) and some other noise can be caused by vehicles
Nguyen, 2014).
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with increasing noise levels, in large scale survey also confirms a causal
tiredness during the day, which in the long run can have a detrimental
Industrial noise does more harm than just damaging hearing, even
if its not enough to damage hearing, but may still be high enough to
addition, it has been shown that noise causes a greater frequency of errors
performance efficiency, depend on the type of noise and the nature of the
task being performed. For intermittent noise, studies have shown that it
response, however is only confined to a short period after the onset of the
involving monitoring and the use of caution. For moderate intensity noise,
the effect is less serious but it can reinforce the use of a dominant response
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to stimuli and make the worker less flexible and adaptive to change (Khoo
be soft or loud, high pitched or low pitched and might be heard in either
tinnitus over time when ongoing exposure to noise damages tiny sensory
hair cells in the inner ear that help transmit sound to the brain. This is
working time and the occurrence Tinnitus in TPS (Terminal Petikemas Surabaya)
workers?
workers.
- Negative result or not able to prove the correlation between high noise
- Unwanted result