NOISE-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a major occupational problem in the coal mining industry. In large part, even though noise control was specified in the 1969 Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, this ...

Occupational Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (ONIHL) continues to be a problem despite nearly four decades of regulation per the Hearing Conservation Amendment to OSHA’s 29 CFR 1910.95. We already know ...

A new Sound Source bulletin, OSHA Hearing Conservation Violations, issued by the Bacou-Dalloz Hearing Safety Group, reports on a study the company recently A new Sound Source bulletin, OSHA Hearing ...

Work-related hearing loss is a critical health and safety issue. Noise-induced hearing loss is preventable, but once acquired it is permanent and irreversible. Therefore, preventative measures have ...

In a March 16 letter to OSHA, the National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA) urged the agency to “renew its focus on noise control despite the current climate of economic adversity.” OSHA ...