Occupational Hearing Loss (OHL) Worker Surveillance Data: Trends in Worker Hearing Loss by Industry Sector, 1981–2010 (Dataset)

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  De-identified audiometric data for male and female workers were collected from audiometric testing service providers and others. NIOSH recruited these data providers to participate in the OHL Surveillance Project at conferences, via letter and e-mail, and over the phone. In most or all cases, the audiograms were from workers who were exposed to hazardous noise levels on the job (?85 dBA) and were tested to comply with government regulations or safety recommendations. The dataset for this paper included audiograms for the years 1981 through 2010. The industry for each audiogram was coded by either the data provider or NIOSH using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). A more detailed description of the study and data exclusions can be found in the published article: Masterson EA, Deddens JA Themann CL, Bertke S, Calvert GA. (2015). Trends in worker hearing loss by industry sector, 1981-2010. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 58(4):392-401. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Mining Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety Sense Organs

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• Keywords:
  Audiological-testing Author Keywords: Occupational Hearing Loss Construction-industry Employee-exposure Hazardous Noise Health-care Hearing-loss Incidence Industrial-noise Material Hearing Impairment Mining-industry Noise-exposure Noise-induced-hearing-loss Noise-induced Hearing Loss Occupations Prevalence Risk-analysis Sociology Surveillance Surveillance-programs Trends

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• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSD-1003-2019-0
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Dataset
• Genre:
  Surveillance Dataset
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSE - Division of Field Studies and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058250
• 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, Surveillance Dataset SD-1003-2019-0, 2019 Sep; :dataset
• Contact Point Address:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Hazard Evaluation and Technical Assistance Branch, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, Mail Stop R-9, Cincinnati, OH 45226-1988. Telephone: 513-841-4382
• Email:
  OHLSurveillance@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational hearing loss (OHL) worker surveillance data: trends in worker hearing loss by industry sector, 1981-2010
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:74b1052706f76adf2a9c9eb25e16797b58bdf5f9193cc416b9adc57aa6e02ad33a20b95c4aee5e6784e9ec22652a9e1f6cf030d2fc2fa3a550aa4bef1fc4dc83
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/221380/cdc_221380_DS1.pdf
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