Effectiveness of Hearing Protection Devices in the Hazard Reduction of Noise from Used Tractors

Pessina, Domenico; Guerretti, Matteo

doi:10.1006/jaer.1999.0489

Cited by 16 publications

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“…Only three studies document measurement of farm equipment at several agricultural work sites [Holt et al, 1993;Dennis and May, 1995;Pessina and Guerretti, 2000]. In each study, measured levels of farm equipment noise were well above the 85 dBA threshold considered safe by OSHA [CFR, 2000].…”

Section: Noise Exposurementioning

confidence: 99%

Perceived and measured hearing ability in construction laborers and farmers

Kerr

McCullagh

Savik

et al. 2003

American J Industrial Med

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Section: Noise Exposurementioning

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Perceived and measured hearing ability in construction laborers and farmers

Kerr

McCullagh

Savik

et al. 2003

American J Industrial Med

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“…In a study carried out by Vosniak et al (2011) with workers in the activity of dibbling, even with the use of hearing dampers there were found noise levels exceeding the limit set by NR 15. This is highlighted by Pessina & Guerretti (2000) when they evaluated the efficiency of various noise reduction devices in agricultural tractor operators. The authors concluded that, on average, hearing protection devices provide noise level reduction in the order of 10 dB(A).…”

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Analysis of Noise Transmitted to Workers in Motor-Manual Forest Harvesting in Minas Gerais State

Billo¹,

Mendes²,

Nascimento³

et al. 2019

Floresta Ambient.

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Noise can entail irreversible damage to the health of workers exposed to this factor. Thus, this work aimed to evaluate noise levels emitted by chainsaws during forest cutting activity. Noise measurements were performed with dosimeters on the workstation and compared to NR15. The noise dose average of all activities in the operation studied exceeded the maximum allowable limit of 85 dB(A) for 8 hours of continuous work, exposing operators to noise levels that may cause health and physical damages. The most critical situation occurred on felling activity, evidencing the lack of acting in the chainsaws designs aiming to reduce noise levels. The results highlight the requirement to use PPE's suitable for activities, such as hearing dampers, and point to the need to develop research and new equipment with less noisy sources that aim at maintaining the health of the harvesting operators.Word keys: forestry techniques and operations; ergonomics; occupational health; forest cutting.

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“…23 In agriculture, previous studies have documented high noise levels, frequently above 85 dB. 9,10,24,25 Our data from the mining sector are limited, and restricted to 1 type of enterprise (drilling rig). The mean L Aeq for production workers was 86.2 dB L Aeq , and measurements ranged from 76.2 (wireline operator) to 92.1 (assistant driller) dB.…”

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Noise Exposure of Workers and the Use of Hearing Protection Equipment in New Zealand

Gaito

Grynevych

Welch

et al. 2013

Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health

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Hearing loss from occupational noise exposure is a significant occupational health problem, requiring effective health and safety strategies. Essential to this is an understanding of the noise exposure of workers and the use of hearing protection equipment (HPE). This study reports on data collected in New Zealand. Visits were made to companies in each economic sector. Personal dosimetry was used to assess individual noise exposure of 529 workers. Workers were also interviewed about their use of HPE. Overall, 40.4% of production workers had a daily noise exposure greater than 1 Pa(2)h, exceeding the New Zealand National Standard for occupational noise exposure without HPE. Of these, 88.5% reported to use HPE when working in noise; however, some observations suggested that workers do not consistently use the devices. These data add to the overall picture of noise exposure of workers in New Zealand and are especially useful in areas where data did not previously exist or were difficult to access.

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Effectiveness of Hearing Protection Devices in the Hazard Reduction of Noise from Used Tractors

Cited by 16 publications

References 3 publications

Perceived and measured hearing ability in construction laborers and farmers

Perceived and measured hearing ability in construction laborers and farmers

Analysis of Noise Transmitted to Workers in Motor-Manual Forest Harvesting in Minas Gerais State

Noise Exposure of Workers and the Use of Hearing Protection Equipment in New Zealand

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