Reconstruction of Employee Noise Exposure History at a Large Automotive Manufacturer

Details

• Personal Author:
  Brueck, Scott E. ; Prince, Mary M. ; Woskie S
• Description:
  An ongoing NIOSH study to evaluate hearing loss risk for workers with long term exposure to high noise levels required reconstruction of employee noise exposure history. The following steps which were used for the process of noise exposure reconstruction will be presented. a) Sound level measurements, documented during plant-wide surveys in 1970-71, and 1985-86, were linked to plant departments based on measurement locations. b) Based on company documents indicating when plant process or equipment changes occurred, two time periods having different exposure conditions were identified: 1970-84, and 1985-90. c) Average sound levels for each department were calculated for the two time periods. d) Work histories for each job code, which included department/job task locations and task times, were developed based on employee interviews and current job code information. e) Using work history information and calculated department sound levels a time-dependent job exposure matrix was developed for each department/job code combination. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Hearing Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Noise Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Exposure-assessment Hearing-conservation Hearing-loss Industrial-hygiene Noise-analysis Noise-induced-hearing-loss
• ISSN:
  1083-7388
• Publisher:
  National Hearing Conservation Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• 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:
  24
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024091
• Citation:
  Spectrum 2003 Feb; 20(1):24
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Hearing Loss
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Spectrum: the National Hearing Conservation Association newsletter
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4f3570a5452c38881cbe0b07568fb0fe77de3d40a264ed7032c856138d3d05d80f41ebc93f670886d567d8177f7d2a9b2b0391272a4e17eab8907924ab371b2c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196080/cdc_196080_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 350.07 KB ]