Occupational noise exposure is one of the most significant health hazards present in the modern industrial workplace. According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 22 million workers are exposed to potentially damaging noise each year. It impacts both employees, who suffer permanent hearing loss due to exposure to excessive industrial noise levels, and employers, whose profits are reduced by the increased costs of worker compensation claims related to noise induced hearing loss. The serious consequences of industrial noise have not been lost on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). In March of 1983, OSHA incorporated the […]