Health hazard evaluation report no. HHE-80-225, evaluation for noise.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Ferguson, Rick P.
• Description:
  A noise survey was conducted in the computer programming room of the Valley Comprehensive Community Mental Health Center (SIC-8321) in Morgantown, West Virginia, on October 24, 1980. An unidentified individual requested the evaluation on behalf of two programmer analysts who complained of headaches at the end of the workday. Noise levels in the computer room ranged from 56 to 90 decibels (dB). The OSHA standard of 90dB during an 8 hour shift was exceeded only when a printer was operated with the cabinet lid open. Noise levels exceeded the guidelines of 50 to 65dB for normal conversations in small offices, recommended in the 1979 Handbook of Noise Control and the 1978 Handbook of Noise Assessment. The investigators concluded that there was no overexposure to noise that would result in hearing loss, but that nuisance noise should be reduced to or below the recommended guidelines for small offices. Recommendations are given for installation of vibration isolators on equipment and acoustical tile on walls in equipment areas. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Noise Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; HHE-80-225; NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation; Hazard-Unconfirmed; Region-3; Noise-exposure; Health-care-facilities; Noise-measurement; Noise-analysis; Occupational-health
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Case Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-15
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00113550
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82184532
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE 80-225, 1980 Jan; :1-15
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8321 - Individual and Family Services - (SIC)
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/232656/cdc_232656_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]