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Noise in the working environment
Name(s):
Insufficient acoustical treatment in workplaces
Broader
Health hazards of exposure to noise
Narrower
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
Aggravated by
Open plan offices
Reduced by
Health hazards in the metals industries
Strategy(ies)
Improving acoustical treatment in workplaces
Value(s)
Insufficiency
Maltreatment
Reference(s)
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
Type
(D) Detailed problems