Measurement of Effective Noise Exposure of Workers Wearing Ear-Muffs

• Autorzy: Kotarbińska E. , Kozłowski E.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This paper presents the methodology and the results of binaural measurements of exposure to noise for 91 industry workers wearing ear-muffs. The results revealed that 18.7% of the workers were exposed to noise of equivalent A-weighted sound pressure levels of over 80 dB(A) and 7.7% to levels of over 85 dB(A). The measured levels were compared with those calculated with the octave-band method according to Standard No. EN 458:2004. The differences ranged from – 3 dB(A) to 26.5 dB(A); their statistical distribution did not indicate any data which could suggest derating laboratory measurements. The main causes of exposure to noise higher by over 3 dB(A) than that theoretically predicted were the bad technical condition of ear-muffs (32.2% of the cases) and an incorrect way of wearing them (15.2%).

Słowa kluczowe

EN

noise exposure; hearing protectors; earmuffs; real-world attenuation

• Wydawca: Taylor & Francis
• Czasopismo: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
• Rocznik: 2009
• Tom: Vol. 15, No. 2
• Strony: 193--200
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 14 poz., rys., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Kotarbińska E.

• Institute of Radioelectronics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warszawa, Poland

autor

Kozłowski E.

• Central Institute for Labour Protection – National Research Institute (CIOP-PIB), Poland

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