Characterization of Agricultural Noise Exposure at an Indian Reservation in New Mexico

Details

• Personal Author:
  Achutan, Chandran ; Tubbs, Randy L.
• Description:
  This poster presents noise exposures encountered during the processing and packaging of potatoes, and during the manufacture of alfalfa pellets, at an Indian reservation in New Mexico. Four of the twenty employees that were monitored exceeded their total dose of 100%, per the NIOSH criteria. TWA noise levels experienced during these agricultural operations ranged from 80.6-91.6 dBA. This poster discusses the controls currently in place and additional recommendations on further controlling the noise exposures. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Demography Noise Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Demographic-characteristics Employees Monitoring-systems Monitors Noise-exposure Noise-levels Occupational-exposure Occupational-health
• ISSN:
  1083-7388
• Publisher:
  National Hearing Conservation Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings ; Abstract
• 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
• Pages in Document:
  26
• Volume:
  21
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030376
• Citation:
  Spectrum 2004 Feb; 21(Suppl 1):26
• 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-512:0ffa62ce6ff42c5e43fcb975b1791609fb29e43379062751196dd25c5557784e7fd153b506f3b79d5606695af3f44da12ec54ab309831ebc2f9d19d4ae02fb7a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191029/cdc_191029_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.38 MB ]