A Study of Noise Exposures for Amusement Park Employees by Positions and Ride Categories

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• Personal Author:
  Dao DM
• Description:
  Millions of workers in the United States encounter daily noise exposures in their workplace, associated with millions of dollars in workers compensation annually. Many industries have been well studied for the presence of hazardous noise, but little exposure data exists for the amusement park industry. Major attractions found at amusement parks fall within one of three categories and in each of those categories, five employee positions are common. This thesis sought to identify if there are differences in potential employee noise exposure among the ride types and if there are differences in noise exposure among the employee positions. The analysis of the data indicated that dark ride types may be the loudest type of the three common types and that no position was found to be the loudest. The greeter position was likely the least noisy position for most ride types. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Attractions Author Keywords: Noise Levels Noise Exposure Noise Induced Hearing Loss Noise Levels Ride Operator Service Industries Sound Sound Level Meter Theme Park
• Publisher:
  University of South Florida
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Thesis
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-22
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20068705
• Citation:
  Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, 2022 Mar; :1-22
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  A study of noise exposures for amusement park employees by positions and ride categories
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:87674ace0d3ac6d605866215f1b362190043b1e7cccf48a70157b21fdf568dceef1fcfa92cd36ae6d9d639e9f572577297993086441a560de9112f2d856376f3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207292/cdc_207292_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 878.95 KB ]