The utility of task-based noise exposure assessments in epidemiology: lessons learned from compliance sampling in machining and stamping plants

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• Personal Author:
  Prince M ; Waters M ; Woskie SR ; Zhou X
• Description:
  Introduction: As part of a study to evaluate the effectiveness of hearing conservation programs, NIOSH received access to noise exposure surveys conducted every two years during the 1990's at two large U.S. automobile manufacturing facilities. The facilities used a task-based data collection method that involved developing detailed sound exposure profiles for each unique department/job combination in the plants. These exposure databases provide a unique opportunity to examine the nature of daily and task noise exposures in parts machining and stamping operations. Because of the task based nature of the data, it also provides an opportunity to investigate the utility of bootstrap sampling methods for efficient estimation of noise exposures for epidemiologic studies and exposure control. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Automobiles Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring Epidemiology Hearing Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety

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• Keywords:
  Automotive-industry Employee-exposure Exposure-assessment Hearing-conservation Industrial-environment Industrial-exposures Job-analysis Noise-exposure Noise-levels Noise-measurement Sampling-methods Sound

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• ISBN:
  9789170456077
• ISSN:
  0346-7821
• Publisher:
  Arbetslivsinstitutet
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; 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:
  158-160
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041290
• Citation:
  Arbete och Halsa 2001 Jun; 2001(10):158-160
• Contact Point Address:
  Susan Woskie, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA
• Email:
  Susan_Woskie@uml.edu
• Editor(s):
  Hagsberg M; Knave B; Lillienberg L; Westberg H
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Arbete och Halsa (X2001 - exposure assessment in epidemiology and practice, June 10-13, 2001, Göteborg, Sweden)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:279f6c0b8a9ddf8183f105932bca23b331fbe71c3b939f0fd57ae0978092719fa739df85dfcdaaf3ae0c86c866294be175e04f27fc24a6ef747e28a98e160137
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193893/cdc_193893_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 76.46 KB ]