Hearing Loss in the Mining Industry: The Evolution of NIOSH and Bureau of Mines Hearing Loss Research [2010]

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• Description:
  Noise is one of the greatest hazards to a miner's health, rivaled only by respirable dust and repetitive trauma. Hazardous noise exposures are more prevalent in mining than in any other major U.S. industrial sector, and, as a consequence, miners report more hearing problems than any other type of worker. NIOSH has made the reduction of noise-induced hearing loss a major strategic goal and is attacking the problem through improved noise controls and interventions for workers. The NIOSH strategy expands on decades of research by its U.S. Bureau of Mines predecessors that identified some of the key issues with underground and surface noise sources. The current NIOSH program expanded significantly in 2000 in response to stakeholder interest and to provide a research complement to the regulatory initiative embodied in the Health Standards for Occupational Noise Exposure published by the Mine Safety and Health Administration in that year. 
• Document Type:
  Book
• CIO:
  NIOSH
• Division:
  NIOSH Mining
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20036586
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3cc19d5cd76905dd7569f45f5a48725420dbced8fbc471632f250367671948e5827844f3b6f86b0b8502bbf9c05582149d6feab28fd959b94975d2aba2e215c3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/161389/cdc_161389_DS1.pdf
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