Effects of selected eyewear on the noise insertion loss of selected earmuffs

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• Personal Author:
  Caporali Filho SA
• Description:
  Construction work requires the combined use of eye and hearing protection. Earmuff specifications don't address the impact of eye protection on earmuff performance. This study used earmuff noise insertion loss (NIL) and a discomfort rating to assess the impact of using 6 different types of protective eyewear on the performance of 3 different earmuffs, where 15 subjects were exposed to noise from 4 power-tools while adopting 5 neck postures. Earmuff, protective eyewear and posture had a significant effect (5%) on earmuff NIL while only the first two were significant (5%) for the discomfort rating. Within the boundaries of this study, researchers were able to identify the eyewear that least impacted earmuff performance, the earmuff with the best performance when used together with eye protection, the set of earmuff x eyewear combinations that were found more comfortable, and the combinations that were least affected by neck posture. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Ear Education Eye Health Promotion Hearing Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Safety Safety Management Sense Organs Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Ear-protection Ear-protectors Equipment-reliability Eye-protection Eye-protective-equipment Goggles Health-programs Hearing-conservation Hearing-loss Hearing-protection Injury-prevention Noise-control Noise-exposure Noise-induced-hearing-loss Noise-levels Noise-protection Performance-capability Personal-protective-equipment Safety-education Safety-programs Safety-research Standards Training Work-environment Worker-health

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• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; Puerto Rico
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-31
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046265
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2015 Jan; :1-31
• Email:
  sergio.caporali@upr.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Effects of selected eyewear on the noise insertion loss of selected earmuffs
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e620004b026940f2eeaead5ae74bd70b2617302a9fb425fcb26191a131a705d6f9f4d0426187771a60c5643d605796e0a0ed0e9f00f82b0a58accff17522e18f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201371/cdc_201371_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.89 MB ]