Marietta-based Art Stone-Granite & Marble Inc. will pay $120K in penalties after being cited by the U.S. Department of Labor and OSHA for two repeat and 13 serious violations.

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) hopes that OSHA is listening to its pleas to lower the permissible exposure limit for noise to 85 dBA. ASSE previously sent OSHA a letter opposing the ...

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has begun evaluating the potential for a new process noise in construction standard. The potential standard was included on the agency’s ...

Don’t underestimate the constant hum of equipment at your manufacturing facility or construction site — it’s more than just annoying; it’s also a serious safety hazard. Meeting the ...

That's because OSHA now proposes to interpret 29 CFR 1910.95(b)(1) and 1926.52(b) as written. These sections of the two noise standards are almost identical. They say, "When employees are ...

This course focuses on describing noise hazards in the workplace. The course includes; OSHA occupational noise exposure standards, properties of sound, noise-induced hearing loss, noise exposure ...

OSHA announced on Jan. 19 that it is withdrawing its proposed ... term “feasible administrative or engineering controls” as used in the agency’s noise standard. “Hearing loss caused by excessive noise ...