OSHA yesterday unveiled a new Web page designed to help prevent occupational hearing loss. The Noise and Hearing Conservation eTool is a joint product of OSHA's alliance with the National Hearing ...

Noise exposures and standard threshold shifts have been present in general industry and construction sites since the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was founded. In fact, many safety ...

The Labor Department and OSHA are challenging entrepreneurs to develop solutions for preventing workplace hearing loss, with the "Hear and Now – Noise Safety Challenge," they announced recently.

The Department of Labor's (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Mine Safety and Health Administration, in partnership with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, ...

“The current U.S. regulation for occupational noise exposure was promulgated over 20 years ago, and was based in large part on research conducted in the 1960s,” ISEA President Dan Shipp told OSHA in a ...

This course focuses on describing noise hazards in the workplace. The course includes; OSHA occupational noise exposure standards, properties of sound, noise-induced hearing loss, noise exposure ...

Three business involved with operating a soft-drink production warehouse in Wharton are facing up to $172,000 in fines proposed by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health ...

A Green Bay pizza crust manufacturer installed Acoustiblok® All Weather Sound Panels around four industrial vacuum pumps measuring five- to 10-decibels above OSHA's minimum standard of 85 decibels, ...

Exposure to high levels of noise can cause permanent hearing loss. Short term exposure to loud noise can also cause a temporary change in hearing (your ears may feel stuffed up) or a ringing in your ...

Manufacturers breathed a sigh of relief in January as OSHA withdrew a proposed change to its occupational noise control standard that industry members said had costly implications. "OSHA's withdrawal ...