Buy Quiet Process

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• Personal Author:
  Hayden, Charles S. II
• Description:
  Buy Quiet is an occupational health and safety initiative which encourages companies to purchase or rent quieter machinery as older machinery is replaced in order to reduce worker exposure to noise. The program helps you comply with OSHA requirements, reduces the noise impact on the community, and encourages manufacturers to design equipment that is quieter. Most importantly, it reduces your risk of hearing loss. What You Can Do: Some noise is always present at construction sites, so we recommend taking these steps to protect your hearing: 1. Wear protective earmuffs or earplugs at a noisy site and when operating loud equipment. 2. Move sources of loud noise, like compressors and generators, as far away from the work zone as possible. 3. Take breaks or ask to be rotated periodically when operating loud equipment. 4. Get your hearing checked regularly. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Hearing Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Men Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Women Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Exposure-levels Hearing-loss Humans Injuries Machine-operation Noise-exposure Noise-induced-hearing-loss Noise-protection Risk-factors Work-environment Workers

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• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2014127
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044640
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2014-127, 2014 Jul; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction ; Manufacturing
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210054/cdc_210054_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.69 MB ]