Noise Exposure Levels for Musicians During Rehearsal and Performance Times

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devon McIlvaine ◽  
Michael Stewart ◽  
Robert Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Hearing Protection ◽  
Conservation Programs ◽  
Hearing Conservation ◽  
Weighted Averages ◽  
Rock Band ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Protection Devices ◽  
And Performance

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine daily noise doses and 8-hour time weighted averages for rock band musicians, crew members, and spectators during a typical rehearsal and performance using both Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) measurement criteria. DESIGN: Personal noise dosimetry was completed on five members of a rock band during one 2-hr rehearsal and one 4-hr performance. Time-weighted averages (TWA) and daily dose values were calculated using both OSHA and NIOSH criteria and compared to industry guidelines for enrollment in hearing conservation programs and the use of hearing protection devices. RESULTS: TWA values ranged from 84.3 to 90.4 dBA (OSHA) and from 90.0 to 96.4 dBA (NIOSH) during the rehearsal. The same values ranged from 91.0 to 99.7 dBA (OSHA) and 94.0 to 102.8 dBA (NIOSH) for the performance. During the rehearsal, daily noise doses ranged from 45.54% to 106.7% (OSHA) and from 317.74% to 1396.07% (NIOSH). During the performance, doses ranged from 114.66% to 382.49% (OSHA) and from 793.31% to 5970.15% (NIOSH). CONCLUSIONS: The musicians in this study were exposed to dangerously high levels of noise and should be enrolled in a hearing conservation programs. Hearing protection devices should be worn, especially during performances. The OSHA measurement criteria yielded values significantly more conservative than those produced by NIOSH criteria. Audiologists should counsel musician-patients about the hazards of excessive noise (music) exposure and how to protect their hearing.

Occupational Safety and Health of Laundry Employees in Hotel Industry

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ankush Ambardar
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Chemical Exposure ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Employee Safety ◽  
Employee Protection ◽  
Chemical Hazards ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Day To Day Operations ◽  
And Performance

Employee safety and health is considered to be one of the major important human resource functions for any hotel organization. The current paper focuses on the application of occupational safety and health of laundry employees looking at the nature of the tasks performed in day to day operations. OSH is one of the significant factors responsible for employees inspiration and moreover retention in a hotel organization. Health, safety and performance of the employees are dependent on understanding and application of ergonomic practices followed during laundry operations. The paper explores laundry employee protection against various critical factors such as injuries, accidents, work postures, chemical exposure, heat, fire, noise, etc. A questionnaire was used to perpetuate perception of laundry employees in regard to protection from factors concerning safety and health issues from hotels of India. The results reveal that some of the OSH practices are been followed in hotels, while some were missing from hotels such as training, periodical audit and protection against chemical hazards. The present study suggests need for adopting OSH practices and enforcing periodical check for the same in every hotel besides of its categorization.

scholarly journals Letter to the Editor: License Portability for Occupational Audiologists is Essential

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-82
Author(s):  
George R. Cook
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Mine Safety ◽  
Individual State ◽  
Health Administration ◽  
Hearing Conservation ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
National Organizations ◽  
State Programs ◽  
The Cost

Occupational audiologists have a crisis in their profession and need advocates. These audiologists are primarily responsible for industrial hearing conservation programs and their compliance with multiple regulations, such as Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and the Federal Railroad Administration.  Occupational hearing programs, for the most part, are multi-state programs as companies and corporations are national organizations. Also, companies may contract services across state lines as local services may not be desired or available. Individual state telepractice regulations require audiologists who are professionally supervising these programs via the internet and phone, to secure licensure in each state. For this licensure redundancy, the cost in time and tracking are enormous.  It is imperative that the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), secure multistate licensure for speech-language pathologists and audiologists. For the profession of occupational audiology, it is essential.Keywords: Licensure, Occupational audiologists, Telehealth, Telepractice

Obesity Research in Occupational Safety and Health

2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 1022-1026 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahboobeh Ghesmaty Sangachin ◽  
Lora A. Cavuoto
Keyword(s):  
Work Performance ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Injury ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Current State ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
And Performance ◽  
General Studies ◽  
Future Work

Obesity is an emerging health problem among the workforce. This review examined the published literature in the last decade presented in prominent human factors and occupational safety and health journals to map out the current state of the research and direct future work. Overall, 44 studies were identified, out of which 27% focused on general effects of obesity on work performance, disability or occupational injury and 73% studied hypotheses regarding the effect of obesity on functional capacity, balance and performance of specific tasks. While over 90% of general studies suggest some significant adverse effect, only ~47% of specific studies report such results. While obesity co- occurs with chronic conditions such as diabetes or cardio-respiratory issues, laboratory based studies which exclude subjects with comorbidities may fail to fully manifest obesity effects. With only four studies identified that investigated an interaction of obesity with other personal or job-related health risks, future research in this regard is warranted.

OSH at Trinidad and Tobago's Fingertips

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 57-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcia Nathai-Balkissoon ◽  
Kit Fai Pun
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Health Agency ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Media Types ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Uk

As Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) embraces the digital age, one field in which the country must advance is Occupational Safety and Health (OSH). This paper seeks to identify how T&T's Occupational Safety and Health Agency (TTOSHA) addresses e-government (e-gov) through its website, how its approach compares to those used by leading OSH bodies in two first-world countries, the USA (US) and the UK, and how the T&T approach may be improved. The OSH e-gov practices of the US OSHA, UK HSE, and TTOSHA websites are presented. Through a content analysis and comparison exercise, e-gov shortcomings of the TTOSHA site are noted and recommendations for improvement are proposed. The paper's potential benefits include improved accessibility and utility of the TTOSHA site through improved matching of site content to international practice, broader ranges of resource topics and media types, improved responsiveness and connectivity with stakeholders, and better focus on OSH performance through the dissemination of searchable OSH statistics and performance reports.

Predictors of Hearing Protection Use for Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White Factory Workers

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Delbert M. Raymond ◽  
Oisaeng Hong ◽  
Sally L. Lusk ◽  
David L. Ronis
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Hearing Protection ◽  
United States Census ◽  
Factory Workers ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Hispanic Workers ◽  
Protection Devices ◽  
Explained Variance ◽  
Hispanic White

The 2000 United States Census reported significant growth in the number of Hispanic workers. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH, 1996) has identified noise-induced hearing loss as a significant occupational threat. Current theoretical models need to be evaluated for their utility with Hispanic workers. The Predictors for Use of Hearing Protection Model (PUHPM) is a framework for increasing workers’ use of hearing protection devices (HPDs). Using regression analysis, the explained variance in HPD use by the model predictors was examined in a sample of 208 Hispanic factory workers. Explained variance was lower for Hispanics (R2 = .20) than for non-Hispanic Whites (R2 = .37). Further research with Hispanic workers is needed to improve the PUHPM fit.

scholarly journals ANALISA PENGARUH PENGENDALIAN KINERJA PROYEK TERHADAP MUTU PROYEK KONSTRUKSI DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN UJI STATISTIKA

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 01 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatchur Rochman ◽  
Hana Catur Wahyuni
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Basic Function ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Time Variable ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
And Performance

Dalam proyek konstruksi perencanaan dan pengendalian merupakan fungsi yang paling pokok dalam mewujudkan keberhasilan suatu kegiatan di proyek konstruksi. Keberhasilan suatu proyek tidak lepas dengan serangkaian aktivitas yang meliputi tahapan perencanaan, pelaksanaan, dan pengawasan. Pengendalian, pengawasan serta pengukuran kinerja perlu dilakukan karena untuk mengetahui apakah dalam pelaksanaan pekerjaan terdapat penyimpangan dengan apa yang sudah ditetapkan. Maka dalam hal ini perlu dilakukan analisa untuk mengetahui indikator pengaruh pengendalian kinerja proyek (Keselamatan dan Kesehatan Kerja, Biaya, dan Waktu) terhadap Mutu proyek konstruksi menggunakan uji statistika.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan secara simultan terdapat pengaruh positif dan signifikan antara variabel Keselamatan dan Kesehatan Kerja (X1), variabel Biaya (X2), dan variabel Waktu (X3) secara simultan terhadap Mutu (Y1) ditunjukkan nilai Fhitung sebesar (25.755) lebih besar dari Ftabel (2.71) dengan tingkat signifikasi sebesar 0.000 yang lebih kecil dari sig. (α) sebesar 0.05.Untuk secara parsial variabel Keselamatan dan Kesehatan Kerja (X1) menunjukkan nilai thitung sebesar 3.672 dengan tingkat signifikasi sebesar 0.000 lebih besar dari ttabel 1.98667 dan prosentase sebesar (37%), variabel Biaya (X2) menunjukkan nilai thitung sebesar 1.705 dengan tingkat signifikasi sebesar 0.092 lebih kecil dari ttabel 1.98667 dan prosentase sebesar (17%), dan variabel Waktu (X3) menunjukkan nilai thitung sebesar 1.705 dengan tingkat signifikasi sebesar 0.334 lebih kecil dari ttabel 1.98667 dan prosentase sebesar (17%). AbstractIn the construction project planning and controlling is the most basic function in realizing the success of an activity in construction project. A success a project cannot be separated by a series of activities which is included the stages of planning, implementation and controlling. Controlling, monitoring and performance measurement needs to be done as to determine whether there are deviation in the work implementation of what has been set. Then, in this case needs to be analyzed to know the effect of controlling project performance indicators (Occupational Safety and Health, Cost and Time) toward the quality of construction project.The result of the research shows there is simultaneously a positive and significant influence between the variables of Occupational Safety and Health (X1), a Cost variable (X2) and a Time variable (X3) simultaneously toward Quality (Y1) is showed the value Fcount (25.755) is larger than Ftable (2.71) with significance level of 0.000 is smaller than sig. (α) of 0.05.For the partial variable of Occupational Safety and Health (X1) indicates tcount amounted to 3.672 with significance level amount of 0.000 is larger than ttable 1.98667 and a percentage of (37%), a cost variable (X2) indicates tcount amounted to 1.705 with significance level amount of 0.092 is smaller than ttable 1.98667 and a percentage of (17%), and a time variable (X3) is showed value of tcount amounted to 1.705 with significance level amount of 0.334 is smaller than ttable 1.98667 and a percentage amount of (17%).

Otology and Industrial Hearing Conservation

1975 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 527-529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Sataloff
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Noise Exposure ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
American Industry ◽  
Hearing Conservation ◽  
Industrial Noise ◽  
Special Training ◽  
Safety And Health

The Occupational Safety and Health Act is establishing limits for industrial noise exposure The Act may also require physicians to evaluate audiograms and examine almost two million employees annually. Otolaryngologists must take special training and become certified to provide American industry with expertise in industrial hearing conservation.

scholarly journals Re-definition of Occupational Safety and Health Performance in Malaysian Manufacturing Industry

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S10) ◽  
pp. 53-60
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Relevance Criteria ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Health Performance ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Methodological Strength

Occupational safety and health (OSH) aspect in organization plays an important role in enhancing workers and job performance. This study aim is to conduct a systematic review of the literature on the definition of OSH performance in order to generalize the concept of OSH in organization. The search strategy targeted several electronic databases and identified more than 1000 potential articles. By focusing on the issues of OSH aspect in organization, few articles were examined (assessed with at least one related OSH aspects, published in Malay and English in peer reviewed literature). At the end, several articles met relevance criteria and were then appraised for methodological strength. The result shows varieties of definition and concept of OSH. The main purpose of implementing OSH at work is to reduce all safety and health problems affecting workers and those that related to workers’ connection with the organization. Therefore, a good implementation of OSH at work is required in order to achieve the organization’s objectives. In conclusion, OSH aspects have respective diversity approaches to enhance workers’ well-being and performance at work

scholarly journals METODE PENERAPAN KESELAMATAN DAN KESEHATAN KERJA TERHADAP KINERJA PROYEK KONSTRUKSI (STUDI KASUS PROYEK PEMBANGKIT LISTRIK TENAGA MESIN GAS SUMBAWA)

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 107-114
Author(s):  
Tri Susilawati ◽  
Dedy Dharmawansyah
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Research Implementation ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Anticipatory Action

Occupational Safety and Health (K3) is a program made by workers and companies as an effort to prevent accidents caused by work and illness by recognizing the potential of accidents and diseases Due to work and anticipatory action in the event of an accident and illness due to work in this research implementation of occupational safety and Health on the PLTMG Sumbawa project is still not as maximal as the problem of personal protective equipment is still not Used as appropriate. The theory used in this research is the implementation theory of the Occupational Safety and Health Management System (SMK3), which relates to occupational safety and Health (K3), work environment and performance. The method used in this research is this type of quantitative study. Data collection method is done by questionnaire, documentation. The method of data analysis used is a simple regression and correlation of product moment. The population is an employee of PT. Wijaya Karya on the PLTMG Sumbawa construction project amounting to 289 people. The sample determination in this study amounted to 158 people using the Cluster Sumpling. The results showed that simultaneously the application of Occupational safety and Health (K3) to the performance of the affected construction project is 3.9% and is seen from the significance value of 0.013 < 0.05 Normal data between the implementation of occupational safety and Health with the performance of the project PLTMG Sumbawa. From the calculation result of T calculated 2,519 compared to T table of 1.975 significance 5% so T count > T table then Ha accepted and Ho rejected. In this research the results of positive value which means the higher the implementation of occupational safety and health, the higher the performance of the construction project. This means that the application of occupational safety and health is very decisive in improving employees ' performance on the PLTMG Sumbawa construction project.

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