Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-066-882: Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center; Bronx, New York

Details

• Personal Author:
  McLouth, Lawrence D.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Noise levels were evaluated at the Lincoln Medical and Mental Center (SIC-8062) in Bronx, New York, on February 12, 1981. The evaluation was requested by the management on behalf of 40 service building workers. Personal and general area noise dosimeter measurements were taken. Two octave band analyses were also performed to isolate the dominant frequencies. The cumulative 7.3-hour noise exposures of the fireman and engineer were 86.8 and 85.0 decibels (A-weighted) (dBA), respectively. The general area noise measurements taken at the watchman's desk, and between boilers 1 and 2 revealed cumulative 7-hour noise levels of 84.9 and 90.1dBA, respectively. Octave band analyses indicated that the higher noise levels occurred at frequencies of 31 to 500 Hertz. Noise exposures were within the OSHA standard of 90dBA. The author concludes that 9 potential health hazards existed due to noise exposure at this facility. He recommends the institution of a hearing conservation program and consideration of engineering controls to reduce noise levels at this facility.
• Subjects:
  Ear Occupational Health Safety Sense Organs
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA81066882
• 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:
  11 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Tharr, Dawn G.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00115571
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-162249
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 81-066-882, 1981 May ; 1-11
• Editor(s):
  Maskulka, Cheryl
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8062 - General medical & surgical hospitals - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1137905933d46bda55a75412c83f89f12fc47b8d8b0cd59f0f833292562893c931fb85390f22dc92696689ad452868a368b8ae7d4f3d96bc7b378c63a801b714
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173365/cdc_173365_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.65 MB ]