The Bacou-Dalloz Hearing Safety Group, Smithfield, R.I., recently expanded its Web site to provide a wide range of resources to help safety officers and industrial hygienists implement better hearing ...

NOISE-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a major occupational problem in the coal mining industry. In large part, even though noise control was specified in the 1969 Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, this ...

Many industries are being disrupted by technology. And if not disrupting legacy business, new technology is at least offering consumers, clients, and other end users new ways to do business. The ...

OSHA's first line of defense against hazardous noise involves engineering and administrative controls on equipment or manufacturing processes. If these fail, the Occupational Noise Exposure Standard ...

Work-related hearing loss is a critical health and safety issue. Noise-induced hearing loss is preventable, but once acquired it is permanent and irreversible. Therefore, preventative measures have ...

A new Sound Source bulletin, OSHA Hearing Conservation Violations, issued by the Bacou-Dalloz Hearing Safety Group, reports on a study the company recently A new Sound Source bulletin, OSHA Hearing ...

Once described as "sleep aid material," the dry topic of hearing conservation metrics draws increased interest as OSHA's STS trigger undergoes review. Is compliance with the OSHA hearing conservation ...

The purpose of this Hearing Conservation Program is to protect employees from the adverse effects of excessive noise exposure. This program covers all Western Michigan University employees who may be ...

Noise-induced hearing loss results in irreversible and serious impact to a person’s quality of life and overall health. Occupational Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (ONIHL) continues to be a problem ...

Exposure to high levels of noise for extended periods of time can cause hearing loss. In accordance with the OSHA Occupational Noise Exposure Standard, employees whose job tasks require them to be ...

Every year approximately twenty-two million people are exposed to potentially hazardous noise levels in the United States. OSHA has set both a PEL (Permissible Exposure Limit) and AL (Action Level).