The Risk of Noise in Construction and New Ways of Protecting Workers From It
April 23, 2024
That’s according to official figures published by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the US federal agency responsible for preventing work-related injury or illness. NIOSH also reports that 51% of all workers in the sector have been exposed to hazardous noise, while more than half (52%) of those exposed to noise reported not wearing hearing protection. It’s perhaps little wonder that 25% of noise-exposed construction workers who were tested have a material hearing impairment.
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