In 1981, OSHA implemented new requirements to protect all workers in general industry for employers to implement a Hearing Conservation Program where workers are exposed to a time-weighted average ...

When assessing noise exposure, it’s important to remember that exposure limits are based on a time weighted average. Noise exposure is often not steady and can vary throughout the day and ...

But if you have 15 minutes to spare, there’s a better way to check noise exposure wherever you live, work or gather. Download this app The NIOSH Sound Level Meter app for iOS, designed by the ...

ISEA asked OSHA to reduce the PEL to 85 dBA as an 8-hour time-weighted average. Shipp pointed out that, since OSHA's existing noise exposure rule was promulgated in 1974, research has shown that ...

In a letter addressed to OSHA Administrator Edwin Foulke Jr., the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) urges the agency to lower the permissible exposure limit (PEL) for occupational noise ...