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Document ID (ISN)20458
CIS number 74-390
ISSN - Serial title 0037-4504 - Sicher ist Sicher
Year 1973
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Eich J., Hipp P., Hombach W., Seeger O.W., Solbach A.
Title Noise control in a large plant
Original title Lärmbekämpfung in einem Grossunternehmen [in German]
Bibliographic information July-Aug. 1973, Vol.24, No.7-8, p.338-351. Illus.
Abstract This programme was organised jointly by plant physicians, safety engineers and industrial hygienists in the Ford works at Cologne. It was preceded by an overall survey of the noise situation in the plant. The article comments on the results of noise monitoring and the overall noise situation as it appears from noise charts, and then discusses the various measures proposed in the programme: medical (early detection of hearing impairment by audiometry), individual (admission to employment, hearing protection), technical and administrative. Examples of measures taken in specific areas. Reluctance to wear ear protectors is attributed to the fact that loss of hearing does not happen all of a sudden, but gradually and insidiously.
Descriptors (primary) noise control; audiometric tests; noise measurement; motor vehicle industry
Descriptors (secondary) hearing protection; plant health organization; responsibilities; medical examinations; noise charts
Document type -
Subject(s) Noise, hearing and vibration
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Motor vehicle manufacturing industry
Noise