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Assessment of Occupational Noise Exposure and Associated Hearing Damage Risk for Agricultural Employees
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This paper describes background information, measurement procedures, data analysis techniques, and results pertaining to assessment of agricultural employee occupational noise exposure. The criteria on which the proposed OSHA 85 dB(A) 16 hour general industry noise regulation is based has been applied to predict hearing damage risk. Analysis of 237 man days of measured noise exposures shows that annual occupational noise exposure must be established to assess hearing damage risk.
No evidence was found that agricultural employees are exposed to noise levels/durations which exceed the criteria for annual and lifetime noise exposure on which the proposed OSHA general industry regulation is based.
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Harris, J., Lindgren, B., and Mann, R., "Assessment of Occupational Noise Exposure and Associated Hearing Damage Risk for Agricultural Employees," SAE Technical Paper 760673, 1976, https://doi.org/10.4271/760673.Also In
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- “Occupational Noise Exposure, Proposed Requirements and Procedures” Occupational Safety & Health Administration, Department of Labor 1974 October 24
- “Assessment of Hearing Damage Risk for Agricultural Employees” FIEI to OSHA Standards Advisory Committee on Agriculture Lincoln, Nebraska 1975 October 8
- “A Study of Noise Induced Hearing Damage Risk for Operators of Farm and Construction Equipment” SAE Research Report R-4 Department of Applied Research, Southwest Research Institute 1969
- “Occupational Exposure to Noise, Criteria for a Recommended Standard” NIOSH, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 1972
- “Guide for Conservation of Hearing in Noise” American Academy of Opthamology & Otolaryngology
- Sataloff J. “Hearing Loss” 1966
- Glorig A. M. Robinson D. W. “Occupational Hearing Loss” 1971
- “Assessment of Occupational Noise Exposure for Hearing Conservation Purposes” ISO R1999 1971