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Document Type : Thesis 
Document Title :
ASSESSMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS IN AVIATION SECTOR AT KING ABDULAZIZ INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND REVISION OF THE MECHANISM OF DECREASING OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES
تقييم المخاطر المهنية في قطاع الطيران بمطار الملك عبدالعزيز الدولي ومراجعة آلية تقليل التعرضات المهنية
 
Subject : Faculty of Meteorology, Environment and Arid Land Agriculture 
Document Language : Arabic 
Abstract : This study aims to assess the occupational risks in the aviation sector and review of mechanism to reduce occupational exposures. The study was conducted in three phases, we randomly employed occupational health (OH) measurement questionnaire in the first phase, followed by OSH measurement questionnaire to get data from 495 and 733 employees respectively. Finally the risk assessment was carried out at 25 career and 17 workshop at KAIA. The study results indicate that greater number of respondents at KAIA are suffering from ill health. The prominent sources of ill health at workplace are intense noise, scorching heat, lifting or carrying, putting things in order. Some musculoskeletal symptoms like discomfort/pain in shoulder, arm, hands, and neck were also reported. Workers experienced multiple dangers and high positive rate in was reported for safe acts. The reported rate of unsafe acts between 35-44% but keeping in mind the importance and specificity of airports that require very safe working environment, this ratio is quite high. The prominent occupational hazards were related to storage, material handling and musculoskeletal disorders (MSD's). The study results revealed that heat risk was reported at the top (198.72), followed by noise risk (198.00) than chemical hazards (135.96) and the minimum value was reported for risk of MSD's (96.12). While these aforementioned reported risks lie in high-risk category. In the workshop area chemicals risks (118.06) were more followed by heat risk (101.05) and the noise risk (92.12). Based on the research results, the researcher introduced occupational exposures mechanisms to reduce high occupational exposures, which were: Noise, Heat, Chemical, MSD's. 
Supervisor : Prof. Adel M. Zakaria 
Thesis Type : Doctorate Thesis 
Publishing Year : 1438 AH
2017 AD 
Co-Supervisor : Dr. Mansour A. Balkhyour 
Added Date : Tuesday, May 16, 2017 

Researchers

Researcher Name (Arabic)Researcher Name (English)Researcher TypeDr GradeEmail
عبدالله مقبول الجهنيAljohani, Abdullah MagboulResearcherDoctorate 

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