“Elevator Music” in the Open Office Environment

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• Personal Author:
  Tubbs, Randy L.
• Description:
  The National Institute for Occupatinal Safety and Health (NIOSH) was contacted by an employer representative of a federal government agency to request a health hazard evaluation of a portion of office space in a high rise building. The request concerned the use of recorded instrumental music, sometines referred to as "elevator music," in an open office environment and its interference with employees' ability to concentrate on their job functions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Acoustics Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Acoustical-measurements Noise-analysis Noise-levels Noise-measurement Noise-sources Sound Sound-analyzers
• ISSN:
  1047-322X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• 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
• Volume:
  13
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028699
• Citation:
  Appl Occup Environ Hyg 1998 Aug; 13(8):563-566
• Editor(s):
  Tharr D
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:391be6e56fa02c2d2256edd32ab1655d8ed119ce886c504269d44c7bbb6505319a0161a1d4bf2e986966dba0e818f522d5f0c9848d6931640335af96da1c692c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189890/cdc_189890_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 473.86 KB ]