Personal noise exposure assessment of Kuwaiti printing industry workers.
occupational noise exposure recommendations
personal noise dosimetry
printing industry
Journal
International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics : JOSE
ISSN: 2376-9130
Titre abrégé: Int J Occup Saf Ergon
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9507598
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2021
Jun 2021
Historique:
pubmed:
9
10
2019
medline:
19
8
2021
entrez:
10
10
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Recent technological improvements in the printing industry may have altered noise exposures in printeries. Of the eight printery noise assessments published since 2000, none assessed the exposure of workers using computer-to-plate machines and only two used personal noise dosimetry. This method measures noise levels as the worker moves about and permits examination of the impulsiveness of noise levels. In this study, 104 workers wore personal noise dosimeters for one full shift. Computer-to-plate operators experienced noise exposures of 75 dB(
Identifiants
pubmed: 31594479
doi: 10.1080/10803548.2019.1677327
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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