Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-459-1603: City Of New York Fire Department; New York, New York

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• Personal Author:
  Tubbs, Randy L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A noise survey of New York City Fire Department (SIC-9224) equipment was conducted in November 1982. The evaluation was requested by the fire department to investigate selected noise sources found at the fire scene or on vehicles used to get to and from a fire scene. Tape recordings were made during simulated runs on a training road course and on one of the department's fire boats and were analyzed. Noise levels produced by sirens, air horns, and fire engines ranged from 81 to 118 A-weighted decibels (dBA) during the simulated runs. Noise exposures on the fire boat ranged from 81 to 113dBA. The OSHA standard for noise is 90dBA time weighted average exposure. The author concludes that a potential for overexposure to noise does exist for the fire department personnel. Recommendations include limiting the use of warning devices as much as legally and practically possible, relocating warning devices away from fire personnel on the vehicle, and implementing a hearing conservation program.
• Subjects:
  Ear Firefighters Noise Occupational Health Safety Sense Organs
• Keywords:
  Ear-disorders Exposure-levels Fire-fighting Fire Departments, Including Volunteer Fire Fighting Operations Hazards-Confirmed HETA-81-459-1603 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Noise-measurement Noise Levels OSHA Region 2 Physiological-measurements

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA814591603
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  15 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00131488
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB86-144680
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 81-459-1603, 1985 Jul ; :1-12
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9224 - Fire protection - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5cf6ea674716ae8120049aefc4c3c9d53ef36d891a8966333faacb35936a271ab10d4a15db6cabb5b49a29c9eda76964c8956c5cb0b91df8455b1b20e56d1bbb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172934/cdc_172934_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.70 MB ]