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A STUDY OF HAZARD FACED BY MALAYSIAN STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL CANTEEN
Author(s) -
Noor Adilah Hamzah,
Ahmad Rasdan Ismail,
Noor Hafizah Hassan,
Nor Kamilah Makhtar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2289-4527
DOI - 10.47252/teniat.v6i1.179
Subject(s) - environmental health , psychology , humanities , toxicology , medicine , biology , philosophy
Artikel ini memberi tumpuan untuk menilai bahaya di kantin sekolah-sekolah Kelantan, Malaysia. Kajian inidijalankan untuk menilai kantin sekolah di 111 buah sekolah yang terpilih di negeri Kelantan, yang terletakdi Pantai Timur Malaysia. Data dikumpulkan berdasarkan garis panduan HIRARC 2008 seperti yang telahdisediakan oleh Jabatan Keselamatan dan Kesihatan Pekerjaan Malaysia. Data kajian menunjukkanbeberapa bahaya yang wujud di kantin iaitu hazad fi zikal, kelemahan pengemasan dan hazad biologi.Bahaya ini boleh menyumbang kepada keadaan yang tidak selamat dan makanan tidak sihat. Oleh itu,penemuan keseluruhan menunjukkan bahawa hasil peratusan sekolah yang terdedah kepada kelemahanpengemasan adalah yang tertinggi. Tetapi, penilaian risiko untuk kelemahan pengemasan dan bahayafi zikal tergolong sebagai risiko sederhana. Sementara itu, bahaya biologi menunjukkan tahap risiko yanglebih tinggi yang terdedahkan oleh pelajar dan penghuni kantin. Kesan hazad biologi boleh menyebabkanrisiko kesihatan seperti keracunan makanan dan cirit-birit. Sebagai kesimpulan, Keselamatan dan kesihatanboleh dilindungi jika kantin dan pengurusan sekolah sentiasa memantau dan memenuhi piawaian. Olehitu, pengurusan perlu meningkatkan dan meningkatkan kesedaran keselamatan kantin untuk memastikankeselamatan dan kesihatan semua penghuni.This article is attentional to highlight the outcome of the hazards assessment at Malaysian schools canteenin Kelantan. This study was conducted to evaluate school canteen for 111 schools namely in Kelantanstate which located at East Coast of Malaysia. The data were collected based on the HIRARC guideline2008 as provided by Department of Occupational Safety and Health Malaysia. As the result, hazardsfound in canteen namely as physical hazards, poor housekeeping and biological hazards. These hazardsmay contribute to the unsafe condition and unhealthy food. Thus, the overall fi nding shows that the resultthe percentage of school exposed to poor housekeeping was the highest. But, the risk evaluation for thepoor housekeeping and physical hazards labelled as medium risk. Meanwhile, biological hazards indicatethe higher level of risk that exposed by the student. It may lead to health risks such as food poisoningand diarrhoea. As a conclusion, safety and health should be protected by canteen operators and schoolmanagement to ensure it is meet the standards. Therefore, school management needs to improve andincrease canteens safety awareness to ensure the safety and health of all residents.

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