ICOP OSH - Noise Exposure Regulation 2019

Identify the objective of the Industry Code of Practice (ICOP) regarding Occupational Safety and Health (Noise Exposure) Regulations 2019 in Malaysia.

• To reduce employee turnover and absenteeism

• To manage the risk of ONRHD and other noise-related health effects

• To provide guidance for compliance to the Occupational Safety and Health (Noise Exposure) Regulations

• To increase economic burden on organizations

• To introduce changes in job design

Select the most effective approach for controlling noise exposure.

• Providing hearing aid to employees

• Providing personal hearing protection program

• Increasing awareness about the risks of excessive noise

• Hiring employees with good hearing

• Reducing noise at source

Choose the social handicaps of Occupational Noise Related Hearing Disorder (ONRHD).

• Increased employee turnover

• Social isolation

• Lowered performance

• Accidents

• Increased economic burden on organizations

Select the responsibility of employers under the ICOP for Management of Occupational Noise Exposure and Hearing Conservation 2019.

• To ensure compliance with statutory requirements

• To develop a noise control plan and program of action

• To increase employee turnover and absenteeism

• To introduce changes in job design without consultation

• To ignore the risks of ONRHD

What is the role of a hearing conservation administrator (HCA) in the management of noise and the protection of hearing at work?

• To provide hearing aid to employees

• To increase awareness about the risks of excessive noise

• To ensure compliance with statutory requirements

• To develop a noise control plan and program of action

• To liaise between supervisor or safety and health committee representatives and other employees

Choose the consequence of ONRHD on quality of life

• Increased employee turnover

• Lowered performance

• Communication difficulties

• Accidents

• Improved interpersonal relationship

Which of the following is the responsibility of employees under the ICOP for Management of Occupational Noise Exposure and Hearing Conservation 2019?

• To develop a noise control plan and program of action

• To ensure compliance with statutory requirements

• To use agreed safe work practices

• To disseminate information on noise and the risks of exposure to noise

• To implement a comprehensive personal hearing protection program

Which of the following is a largely unrecognized cost to organizations from exposure to excessive noise?

• Increased employee turnover

• Lowered performance

• Accidents

• Social isolation

• None of the options