Occupational Safety And Health Of Women Workers In Semiconductor Assembly In Relation To Chemical Exposure

Semiconductor assembly is a chemical intensive industry. Some of the chemicals involved in the assembly of chips have been reported to cause health problems to the workers. This study w as carried out to examine the health problems of the workers in relation to the chemicals that they used. The s...

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Main Author:	Ng, Wei Khiang
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2001
Subjects:	Industrial safety Women - Health and hygiene Chemical industries - Environmental aspects
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11223/1/FPSK_M_2001_10_.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.112232024-06-12T08:30:59Z Occupational Safety And Health Of Women Workers In Semiconductor Assembly In Relation To Chemical Exposure 2001-08 Ng, Wei Khiang Semiconductor assembly is a chemical intensive industry. Some of the chemicals involved in the assembly of chips have been reported to cause health problems to the workers. This study w as carried out to examine the health problems of the workers in relation to the chemicals that they used. The study was carried out in 12 semiconductor factories in the Bayan Lepas Free Trade Zone, Penang. The study comprised of four stages, (i) management survey, (ii) factory walk-through, (iii) worker survey using structured questionnaire and (iv) an interview with the safety and health officer on chemical safety management. A total of 655 women workers participated in the study. Results showed that the used of chemicals by respondents was associated with work sections (X2 = 94.0 5, p<0. 00I ), with middle of line (68. 3%) having relatively higher number of respondents who use chemicals compared to front of line (37. 9%) and end of line (21.4 %). Results also showed that skin itchiness (31. 5%, n=222) was the most common general health complaint, followed by eye problem (20 .3%) and breathing difficulty (19.4 %). Industrial safety Women - Health and hygiene Chemical industries - Environmental aspects 2001-08 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11223/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11223/1/FPSK_M_2001_10_.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Industrial safety Women - Health and hygiene Chemical industries - Environmental aspects Faculty of Medicine and Health Science Chee, Heng Leng English
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language	English English
advisor	Chee, Heng Leng
topic	Industrial safety Women - Health and hygiene Chemical industries - Environmental aspects
spellingShingle	Industrial safety Women - Health and hygiene Chemical industries - Environmental aspects Ng, Wei Khiang Occupational Safety And Health Of Women Workers In Semiconductor Assembly In Relation To Chemical Exposure
description	Semiconductor assembly is a chemical intensive industry. Some of the chemicals involved in the assembly of chips have been reported to cause health problems to the workers. This study w as carried out to examine the health problems of the workers in relation to the chemicals that they used. The study was carried out in 12 semiconductor factories in the Bayan Lepas Free Trade Zone, Penang. The study comprised of four stages, (i) management survey, (ii) factory walk-through, (iii) worker survey using structured questionnaire and (iv) an interview with the safety and health officer on chemical safety management. A total of 655 women workers participated in the study. Results showed that the used of chemicals by respondents was associated with work sections (X2 = 94.0 5, p<0. 00I ), with middle of line (68. 3%) having relatively higher number of respondents who use chemicals compared to front of line (37. 9%) and end of line (21.4 %). Results also showed that skin itchiness (31. 5%, n=222) was the most common general health complaint, followed by eye problem (20 .3%) and breathing difficulty (19.4 %).
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Ng, Wei Khiang
author_facet	Ng, Wei Khiang
author_sort	Ng, Wei Khiang
title	Occupational Safety And Health Of Women Workers In Semiconductor Assembly In Relation To Chemical Exposure
title_short	Occupational Safety And Health Of Women Workers In Semiconductor Assembly In Relation To Chemical Exposure
title_full	Occupational Safety And Health Of Women Workers In Semiconductor Assembly In Relation To Chemical Exposure
title_fullStr	Occupational Safety And Health Of Women Workers In Semiconductor Assembly In Relation To Chemical Exposure
title_full_unstemmed	Occupational Safety And Health Of Women Workers In Semiconductor Assembly In Relation To Chemical Exposure
title_sort	occupational safety and health of women workers in semiconductor assembly in relation to chemical exposure
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
granting_department	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
publishDate	2001
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11223/1/FPSK_M_2001_10_.pdf
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