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| Title: |
An assessment of occupational noise exposure amongst bar staff employees working in night-clubs |
| Author: |
Whitfield, Alan |
| Appeared in: |
International journal of environmental health research |
| Paging: | Volume 8 (1998) nr. 3 pages 191-202 |
| Year: |
1998-09-01 |
| Contents: |
This article describes a study conducted in 19 different night-clubs from four geographically different areas to obtain typical noise levels to which bar staff employees and other workers were likely to be exposed. The study involved the taking of continuous noise measurements from a fixed position in the bar areas of all 19 clubs and the monitoring of 20 bar staff employees at 16 of the night-clubs using personal noise dosimeters. Management and employees at the night-clubs were interviewed with regard to awareness about the risk of damage to hearing from noise and whether or not any action had been taken to assess the risk. The results showed that the daily personal noise exposure received by many of the bar staff exceeded the UK legal requirements. The bar area workstation noise levels indicated that action needed to be carried out by the employer to reduce the bar staff noise exposure. Most employers had taken no action to protect employees hearing at these establishments. Also most employees were ignorant of the possible risks to their hearing. It has been shown that for the average bar staff employee there is a minimal risk of hearing impairment over a typical working lifetime. However, for the worst case scenario there is a definite increased risk of hearing impairment. |
| Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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