Occupational Noise: New OSHA Interpretation Changes Hazardous Noise Control
Nov 29th, 2010 | By Kwame Gilbert-Arthur
Reliance on the use of hearing protection to control hazardous noise exposures in the United States would be severely limited under a proposed interpretation published by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on October 19, 2010. OSHA’s reinterpretation of the word “feasible” as applied to engineering and administrative noise controls would essentially require
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