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Problem
Noise in the working environment
Other Names:
Insufficient acoustical treatment in workplaces
Broader Problems:
Health hazards of exposure to noise
Narrower Problems:
Electrical noise
Continuous machinery noise
Factory noise
Building and construction noise
Aggravates:
Work-related injury
Occupational deafness
Health hazards in the metals industries
Health risks to workers in construction industry
Health risks to workers in manufacturing industries
Health risks to workers in agricultural and livestock production
Health risks to workers in transport, storage and communication industries
Reduced By:
Health hazards in the metals industries
Strategies:
Improving acoustical treatment in workplaces
Values:
Insufficiency
Maltreatment
References:
Industrial Health Foundation: Industrial Noise: a selective bibliography, 1963-1973
Yang, S J and Ellison, A J: Machinery Noise Measurement
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions: Noise, Stress and Work
International Labour Organization: Protection of Workers Against Noise and Vibration in the Working Environment
Subject(s):
Medicine
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Hearing, speech
Social Activity
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Employment conditions
Societal Problems
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Pollution
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems
Date of last update
24.06.2019 – 19:20 CEST