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Noise At Work
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Book : Noise At Work Language : English Library : Health-Safety-Environment Publish Place : Geneva, Switzerland ISBN : 92-2-108024-2 Publish Date : January 1996 Publisher : International Labour Offıce Geneva Book Type : Periodical Book Number : 306 |
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INDEX
Your health and safety at workNOISE ATWORK
What is in this module
I. Introduction.................................................................... 1
II. Health effects of noise exposure....................................... 3
A. Temporary hearing loss....................................... 3
B. Permanent hearing loss....................................... 4
C. Other effects......................................................... 5
III. Measuring noise............................................................... 7
A. Decibels............................................................... 7
B. Safe noise levels................................................... 10
IV. Methods of noise control.................................................. 12
A. At the source........................................................ 12
B. Barriers................................................................. 14
C. At the worker...................................................... 15
V. Role of the health and safety representative ..................... 18
VI. Summary.......................................................................... 20
Exercise. Case-study on occupational noise.................................. 21
Check-list for controlling occupational noise................................ 25
