Hearing Conservation for the Very Small Business

Details

• Personal Author:
  Stephenson, Carol M.
• Description:
  NIOSH has a particular interest in meeting the health and safety needs of small businesses, i.e., less than 50 employees, but also many "mom and pop shops" with 10 or fewer employees. Typically, these enterprises fall through the cracks and have little or no resources to address OSHA issues. This past year, NIOSH has been working with small business owners in the pallet-making industry. The industry has a disproportionate share of illness and injury - including major problems with noise-induced hearing loss. This presentation will present findings and recommendations from a year of field work in this industry. Generalization of issues, approaches, and solutions for other small cottage industries will be made. A prototype training manual for the owners of these small businesses is under development, and the hearing loss section will be showcased. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Hearing Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Noise Occupational Health Safety Small Business
• Keywords:
  Employees Hearing-conservation Hearing-loss Injuries Noise-exposure Noise-induced-hearing-loss Small-businesses
• ISSN:
  1083-7388
• Publisher:
  National Hearing Conservation Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  23
• Volume:
  21
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030372
• Citation:
  Spectrum 2004 Feb; 21(Suppl 1):23
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Spectrum: the National Hearing Conservation Association newsletter
• Supplement:
  1
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a6e5c2c4d33af26e501373f9fc31403ba3c301f009ad4185a6209acdb679b18fb8f5f5c321664a23a3633fd1c8fe469b47c558021bbbaa3194611f1bdebdf3a9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191026/cdc_191026_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.36 MB ]