Noise Intensity Analysis and Mitigation of Workers Health in home industry Steamed bun Arum Jaya Nusukan

Abstract

Home Industry has a positive impact on absorbing labor, but is still lacking in supervision. Bakpao Arum Jaya’s home industry is a small-scale industry that uses noise-producing equipment. The purpose of this study is to determine the description of noise intensity when the machine is working during the production process. This research uses the quantitative descriptive method. The data used are primary data from field measurements and secondary data. The measurement points were carried out in the grinding room and steam area. The results showed that the Leq of the milling room was 89.36 dB(A) which exceeded the TLV and the Leq of the steam area was 77.34 dB(A) which did not exceed the TLV. Playing music through speakers can also increase the noise in the work area. In the steam area, if measurements are taken on three steam equipment that is turned on simultaneously, the noise value will be greater than the measurement results and may exceed the allowable TLV. Exposure to noise every day will have an impact on health problems for workers. Forms of mitigation that can be done are administrative mitigation, worker health checks, use of protective equipment, and reducing noise from the source.