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Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia Cataloguing—in—Publication Data Azlan Hariri
WELDING FUMES HEALTH INDEX AS ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR Automotive Component Manufacturing Industries / $c Azlan Hariri, Abdul Mutalib Leman, Mohammad Zainal Md Yusof, Nuur Azreen Paiman, Yahaya Ramli.
ISBN 978-967-2389-51-4 1. Health risk assessment.
2. Welding--Health aspects.
3. Environmental indicators.
4. Automobile industry and trade.
5. Government publications--Malaysia
I. Abdul Mutalib Leman. II. Mohammad Zainal Md Yusof.
III. Nuur Azreen Paiman. IV. Yahaya Ramli.
V. Title.
363.11
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Table of Contents
Preface xv
Acknowledgement xvii
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Overview 1
1.2 Occupational Risk: Acts and Prevention 1
1.3 Welding Hazard Risk and Assessment 4
1.4 Objective and Scope of the Book 8
1.5 Limitation of Coverage of the Book 9
1.6 Significance and Relevancy 11
1.7 Organization of the Book 12
1.8 Summary 13
2 BACKGROUND OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
AND RISK ASSESSMENT 15
2.1 Overview 15
2.2 Health Risk Assessment 15
2.3 Occupational Health Issues in Malaysia 22
2.4 Environmental Index 24
2.4.1 Indoor Pollution Index 27
2.4.2 Human Health Chemical Exposure Index 28
2.4.3 Issues in Developing Index 31
2.5 Standard and Regulations Related to Welding Fumes 34
2.5.1 International Standard 34
2.5.2 Malaysian Regulations 35
2.6 Quality Function Deployment 35
2.7 Risk Assessment Tools for Welding Hazards 39
2.7.1 Health Hazard Scoring System 39