{"id":2495,"date":"2019-06-01T05:33:22","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T05:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agnichakra.com\/soemv1\/?p=2495"},"modified":"2026-02-03T08:59:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T08:59:47","slug":"empowering-ohd-josh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agnichakra.com\/soemv1\/2019\/06\/01\/empowering-ohd-josh\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering OHD (JOSH)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"text-justify\" style=\"color:#1a1f4d; line-height: 1.6; text-align: justify; margin-top: 24px;\">\n  <strong>Author:<\/strong> Dayanath Manivasagam<br>\n  <strong>Division:<\/strong> Occupational Health Division, Department of Occupational Safety &#038; Health<br>\n  <strong>Address:<\/strong> Level 4, Block D4, Complex D, Federal Government Administrative Centre, 62530 Putrajaya, Malaysia<br>\n  <strong>Date:<\/strong> 1 June 2019\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-justify\" style=\"color:#1a1f4d; line-height: 1.6; text-align: justify; margin-top: 24px; font-weight: bold;\">\n  1.0 INTRODUCTION\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-justify\" style=\"color:#1a1f4d; line-height: 1.6; text-align: justify; margin-top: 16px;\">\nNoise, defined as unwanted sound, is the leading occupational hazard in industries worldwide. The health effects of noise may vary from auditory damages to other non-auditory problems, posing social and economic burdens to a country. Legislations for managing noise at work are important to protect the working community against the adverse effects of noise. Progressive improvements in existing laws and regulations related to noise at work ensure that the current developments in occupational hygiene and health aspects of noise management are taken into account in workplace safety and health policies. <a href=\"https:\/\/agnichakra.com\/soemv1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/EMPOWERING-OHD-JOSH.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#3a49a1; font-weight: bold;\">Read more<\/a>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Dayanath Manivasagam Division: Occupational Health Division, Department of Occupational Safety &#038; Health Address: Level 4, Block D4, Complex D, Federal Government Administrative Centre, 62530 Putrajaya, Malaysia Date: 1 June 2019 1.0 INTRODUCTION Noise, defined as unwanted sound, is the leading occupational hazard in industries worldwide. The health effects of noise may vary from auditory damages to other non-auditory problems, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technical-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agnichakra.com\/soemv1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agnichakra.com\/soemv1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agnichakra.com\/soemv1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agnichakra.com\/soemv1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agnichakra.com\/soemv1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2495"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/agnichakra.com\/soemv1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2507,"href":"https:\/\/agnichakra.com\/soemv1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495\/revisions\/2507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agnichakra.com\/soemv1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agnichakra.com\/soemv1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agnichakra.com\/soemv1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agnichakra.com\/soemv1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}