Safety and Health at Work

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  • Pages.95-100
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  • 2018
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  • 2093-7911(pISSN)
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  • 2093-7997(eISSN)
산업안전보건연구원 (Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency)
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Evaluation of Respiratory Protection Program in Petrochemical Industries: Application of Analytic Hierarchy Process

  • Kolahi, Hadi (Student Research Committee, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences) ;
  • Jahangiri, Mehdi (Research Center for Health Science, Institute of Health, Department of Occupational Health, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences) ;
  • Ghaem, Haleh (Research Center for Health Science, Institute of Health, Department of Epidemiology, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences) ;
  • Rostamabadi, Akbar (Student Research Committee, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences) ;
  • Aghabeigi, Mandana (Health, Safety and Environment Department, National Iranian Petrochemical Company) ;
  • Farhadi, Payam (Faculty member of Department of Management, Zand Higher Education Institute Iran) ;
  • Kamalinia, Mojtaba (Department of Occupational Health, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences)
  • 투고 : 2016.10.02
  • 심사 : 2017.05.10
  • 발행 : 2018.03.30
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Background: Respiratory protection equipment (RPE) is the last resort to control exposure to workplace air pollutants. A comprehensive respiratory protection program (RPP) ensures that RPE is selected, used, and cared properly. Therefore, RPP must be well integrated into the occupational health and safety requirements. In this study, we evaluated the implementation of RPP in Iranian petrochemical industries to identify the required solutions to improve the current status of respiratory protection. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 24 petrochemical industries in Iran. The survey instrument was a checklist extracted from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration respiratory protection standard. An index, Respiratory Protection Program Index (RPPI), was developed and weighted by analytic hierarchy process to determine the compliance rate (CR) of provided respiratory protection measures with the RPP standard. Data analysis was performed using Excel 2010. Results: The most important element of RPP, according to experts, was respiratory hazard evaluation. The average value of RPPI in the petrochemical plants was $49{\pm}15%$. The highest and lowest of CR among RPP elements were RPE selection and medical evaluation, respectively. Conclusion: None of studied petrochemical industries implemented RPP completely. This can lead to employees' overexposure to hazardous workplace air contaminants. Increasing awareness of employees and employers through training is suggested by this study to improve such conditions.

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