Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 University of Anbar- College of Education for pure sciences.
2 University of Anbar- College of Arts..
Abstract
Industry workers suffer psychological and physical stress as well as hearing loss due to
industrial noise. Although noise source control can be profound process sometimes, it would be the
most effective way to eliminate noise level on source. Therefore, identifying dominant source of noise
shall be the first step to overcome the noise problem in industry. This paper presents the noise pollution
in Al-shaheed Copper and Brass factories in Iraq at 33°06ˉ04˭ longitude and 43°48ˉ50˭ altitude. The
factories are staffed by 1700 workers for 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. This study depended on the
maximum permissible occupational noise exposure limit of International Standards Organization (ISO)
and Occupational Safety Health Act (OSHA) as a comparison reference. And proved that the half of
the work sites in factories where unacceptable noise levels and all sites of comfort workers exceeded
the limit of acceptable noise and the study also proved that the administration building factories sites
within the levels of the noise surveys and administrative staff in safety from the impact of noise in
factories. Also the Noise pollution has no effect on residential areas near the factories.
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