To supplement the monitoring of hazards, the health
conditions of the workers were also assessed, using the
following:
• audiometer tests
• spirometer tests
• blood tests
• urine tests.
Results
Table 2 presents the research parameters and figure 1
provides an example of what was found through the
hazards assessment in terms of noise monitoring. As the
results in figure 1 indicate, many workers in MSMEs
are exposed to high levels of noise. The other assessment
results also clarified important OSH risk factors that
need to be addressed.