The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) hopes that OSHA is listening to its pleas to lower the permissible exposure limit for noise to 85 dBA. ASSE previously sent OSHA a letter opposing the ...

Noise exposures and standard threshold shifts have been present in general industry and construction sites since the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was founded. In fact, many safety ...

The world is getting louder. People cannot escape noise pollution in their everyday lives whether from traffic, infrastructure, music or more, but employees can and must be protected from excessive ...

A Green Bay pizza crust manufacturer installed Acoustiblok® All Weather Sound Panels around four industrial vacuum pumps measuring five- to 10-decibels above OSHA's minimum standard of 85 decibels, ...