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ASSESSMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL LEVEL OF AWARENESS FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY IN SIDI KERIR PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Occupational diseases

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Introduction: Humans are daily exposed to different kinds of dangerous exposures. Occupationally, workers are at higher risk to different hazards depending on the type of industry. Workers in petroleum and petrochemical industries are exposed to many occupational hazards like noise, different types of chemicals, ionizing radiation and infra-red radiation etc. High level of awareness for health and safety is very important issue for workers in petrochemical industries. Aim of work: to assess the occupational exposures and level of awareness for health and safety in Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals Company. Materials and Methods : Site survey and analysis for the target company and review of the production process were performed to assess the occupational exposures and level of awareness for health and safety among workers. The study was performed utilizing a questionnaire sheet for awareness assessment. The results revealed that workers are at high risk for exposure to noise and chemicals but at low risk for exposure to ionizing radiation and infra-red radiation. However, the level of awareness for health and safety among workers was shown to be at high level. Conclusion: The current results raised recommendations and needs to improve communication between safety management committee and workers and to emphasize the role of training courses to ensure better safety communication and involvement of all workers in top safety management of the company.
 

DOI

10.21608/ejom.2012.760

Keywords

Occupational health & safety, Safety awareness, Sedi Kirir Company, Petrochemical industry, training courses

Authors

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Elssayed

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MY

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Department of Occupational Health, Safety, and Environment,Sidi kerir Petrochemical Industrial Company (Sidpec).

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Hassan

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HM

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Department of Occupational Health, Safety, and Environment,Sidi kerir Petrochemical Industrial Company (Sidpec).

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Hosny

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Professor of Public Health & Occupational Medicine, Division of Environmental Health, Department of Environmental Studies, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Alexandria.

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Volume

36

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2

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189

Issue Date

2012-07-01

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2016-11-10

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2012-07-01

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191

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203

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1110-1881

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2357-058X

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Study paper

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126

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Egyptian Journal of Occupational Medicine

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https://ejom.journals.ekb.eg/

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22 Jan 2023