Pile Hammers
Milling Machines
Vehicles in our Work Zones
As construction engineers, our everyday work environment is noisy. When is noise considered a hazard? How conscientious are you of your hearing health?
If you are consistently exposed to 85 dBA's or more during the day (which is somewhere between a passing diesel truck and a lawn mower...), you should be wearing hearing protection.
In the US, the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) developed a Sound Level Meter App for your phone. It’s a tool that, I think, everyone in construction should have in their toolboxes.
This quick-read article includes a link to the NIOSH website where you can download it and put it to use.
TAILGATE TALK – Hearing Protection, Hildebranski.com
Check out “The Construction Engineering Show” podcast on Spotify, Apple and Google!
Milling Machines
Vehicles in our Work Zones
As construction engineers, our everyday work environment is noisy. When is noise considered a hazard? How conscientious are you of your hearing health?
If you are consistently exposed to 85 dBA's or more during the day (which is somewhere between a passing diesel truck and a lawn mower...), you should be wearing hearing protection.
In the US, the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) developed a Sound Level Meter App for your phone. It’s a tool that, I think, everyone in construction should have in their toolboxes.
This quick-read article includes a link to the NIOSH website where you can download it and put it to use.
TAILGATE TALK – Hearing Protection, Hildebranski.com
Check out “The Construction Engineering Show” podcast on Spotify, Apple and Google!