Real Noise Exposures of the Highway Patrol

Details

• Personal Author:
  Dowell, Chad H. ; Tubbs, Randy L.
• Description:
  NIOSH received a request for an evaluation from a highway patrol concerned about troopers' noise exposures during patrol. Dosimeter measurements were made on troopers in six different counties over three days. Real-time spectral data were collected from locations along the highways. The noise measurements were well below the OSHA PEL and action level. Only four of 53 samples exceeded the NIOSH REL. Noise measured along the freeway ranged up to 88 dBA. Recommendations on implementation of a hearing conservation program and the use of specialized hearing protection devices have been presented to the highway patrol. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Hearing
  • Law Enforcement
  • Noise
  • Occupational Exposure
  • Occupational Health
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Radiation Dosimeters
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • Noise
  • Noise-exposure
  • Law-enforcement
  • Law-enforcement-workers
  • Dosimetry
  • Occupational-exposure
  • Noise-measurement
  • Sampling
  • Hearing
  • Hearing-conservation
  More +
• 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:
  27
• Volume:
  21
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030382
• Citation:
  Spectrum 2004 Feb; 21(Suppl 1):27
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Spectrum: the National Hearing Conservation Association newsletter
• Supplement:
  1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191031/cdc_191031_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.26 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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