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    Predictors of noise exposure in construction workers

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    Authors
    Lewkowski, K.
    Heyworth, J.
    McCausland, K.
    Fritschi, Lin
    Williams, W.
    Li, I.
    Date
    2017
    Type
    Conference Paper
    
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    Lewkowski, K. and Heyworth, J. and McCausland, K. and Fritschi, L. and Williams, W. and Li, I. 2017. Predictors of noise exposure in construction workers.
    Source Title
    Proceedings of ACOUSTICS 2017 Perth: Sound, Science and Society - 2017 Annual Conference of the Australian Acoustical Society, AAS 2017
    ISBN
    9780909882075
    School
    School of Public Health
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/65434
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Construction workers are exposed to hazardous noise from a wide variety of tools and equipment. This study aims to determine the workplace tasks associated with being exposed to occupational construction noise above the Australian standard (L Aeq,8h = 85 dB). The paper also explores the predictors of personal hearing protection use amongst construction industry workers. One hundred construction workers from a range of construction occupations were recruited. Participants wore a dosimeter for a working shift that recorded their time weighted eight-hour equivalent noise exposure levels (L Aeq,8h ). Interviewers used specialised occupational exposure survey software, OccIDEAS, to collect information about the tools and equipment used during the same working shift. L Aeq,8h results ranged from 71 dB to 101 dB with 46% of participants having an L Aeq,8h equal to or over the Australian Exposure Standard (85 dB). Results showed that the personal use of planers, sanders and grinders; large machinery; and power hammers were strongly associated with having an L Aeq,8h over 85 dB. Only 41% of workers who had an L Aeq,8h = 85 dB wore hearing protection all the time they performed noisy tasks.

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