ILO Home
Go to the home page
Site map | Contact us Français | Español

CISDOC database

Document ID (ISN)110695
CIS number 10-0271
ISSN - Serial title 0373-1944 - Travail et sécurité
Year 2010
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Brasseur G., Ganem Y., Larcher C., Lemarié J., Ravellec C.
Title Workplace noise - An issue which is often met by silence
Original title Bruit au travail - Une nuisance souvent passée sous silence [in French]
Bibliographic information Mar. 2010, No.704, p.20-28. Illus. 7 ref.
Abstract Contents of this collection of articles on workplace noise: sound exposure; diseases caused by noise; focus areas of INRS research in 2010; modelling for optimizing noise attenuation in the design of a new facility for the maintenance of trucks; acoustic treatment of the walls in an enterprise producing wooden roof beams.
Descriptors (primary) noise level; premises; conditions of work; noise control; limitation of exposure
Descriptors (secondary) toluene; styrene; organic solvents; vehicle repair and servicing; hearing loss; safety by design; sound absorption; public OSH institutions; research; food industry; woodworking industry; ototoxic effects
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Other equipment and plant
Broad subject area(s) Physical hazards
Browse category(ies) Noise
Diseases of the ear and hearing damage
Occupational exposure limits
Woodworking industry
Food industry