Occupational noise exposure assessment in intensive swine farrowing systems: dosimetry, octave band, and specific task analysis.

The scientific literature is lacking in published agricultural noise assessments for employees of swine confinement facilities that have included dosimeter data, octave band analysis, or specific task exposure assessments. This study reports on the former three types of noise assessments in the farr...

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Publicado en:Journal of Agromedicine Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 23 - 38
Autores principales: Humann MJ, Donham KJ, Jones ML, Achutan C, Smith BJ
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2005
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          Humann MJ
          Donham KJ
          Jones ML
          Achutan C
          Smith BJ
        affil: Dept of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa, College of Public Health, 100 Oakdale Campus, 241 IREH, Iowa City, IA 52242-5000; michael-humann@uiowa.edu
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          Noise
          Occupational Exposure
          Task Performance and Analysis
          Swine
          Noise Evaluation
          Analysis of Variance
          Regression
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          Animal Studies
      ab: The scientific literature is lacking in published agricultural noise assessments for employees of swine confinement facilities that have included dosimeter data, octave band analysis, or specific task exposure assessments. This study reports on the former three types of noise assessments in the farrowing stage of swine. Dosimeter data on workers revealed all assessments to be greater than 90 decibels measured on the A-scale (dBA), which exceeds the 85 dBA National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Recommended Exposure Limit (REL). RELs were exceeded for all of the employees monitored in the swine facility, as well as the part-time employees who power-washed the farrowing rooms. The recorded time-weighted values were actually underestimated slightly because the dosimeters were set to record only noise at 85 dBA and higher.
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