Work-related hearing loss is a critical workplace safety and health issue. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the occupational safety and health community named hearing loss one of the 21 priority areas for research in this century. Noise-induced hearing loss is preventable, but once acquired, is permanent and irreversible.
Noise exposure levels at work should not exceed 85 dB over 8 working hours (as an 8-hour time-weighted average, or “TWA”). Supervisors should monitor all employees whose noise exposure is equivalent to or greater than that received in 8 hours when the noise level is constantly 85 dB.
Please fill out the information below if you would like a noise survey of your area, or if you’re unsure whether the noise in your area, or from your equipment, exceeds 85 dB.