What Is Covered In This Manual?

Hazard Descriptions

• Acoustic Trauma
• Sensorineural Hearing Loss
• Temporary Threshold Shift

Legislation, Standards and Guidelines

Hazard Identification and Assessment

• Characteristics of noise: Sound/Amplitude/Frequency
• Methods of identifying noise hazards

Hazard Control

• At the source: relocation, isolation, muffling, substitution, engineering
• Along the path: increasing distance, absorption, barriers
• At the worker: personal protective equipment, audiometric testing

Appendices

• Hearing Conservation Program Evaluation
• Machine Guarding Checklist
• Process for developing action plan
• Flow chart of the three steps to control noise hazards