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Test your knowledge: Are these safety rules of thumb true?


June 21, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Hearing, Research on safety, Special Report, What do you think?, cost of safety

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You’ve probably heard lots of “rules of thumb” about workplace safety. But are they really true? This article will look at three of them.

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Can employee get workers’ comp because customers yelled at her?


May 10, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Hearing, Injuries, Special Report, Workers' comp, new court decision

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What types of workplace noise do you think of in connection with occupational hearing loss? Jack hammers, lawn tractors, manufacturing assembly lines? In this case, a worker claims hearing loss from being yelled at on the phone by angry customers.

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Hearing loss case costs company $250,000


April 2, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Hearing, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Safety training, cost of safety, new court decision

Lawyers believe a judge’s award of damages to five former refinery workers for hearing damage is the first of its kind in Louisiana.

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Metallica drummer uses hearing protection


January 4, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Hearing, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Latest News & Views, PPE (protective equipment)

Do some of your workers scoff at the idea that work-related noise can permanently damage their hearing? Here’s a first-person account of how that can happen from the drummer for heavy-metal band Metallica.

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Does permissible exposure limit for noise need to be lowered?


November 9, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Hearing, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, What do you think?

The National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA) is calling on OSHA to lower the permissible exposure limits for noise in workplaces.

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