Hearing Protection and Air-rotary Drilling - Part 1
In-depth investigation into the noise exposures of air-rotary drilling rigs.
In 1996, NIOSH's National Occupational Research Agenda identified hearing loss as the most common job-related disease in the United States. Previous NIOSH health and safety investigative data of the mining industry indicate that at least 70 percent of mine workers, including those engaged in drilling activities, suffer noise-induced hearing loss severe enough to be classified as hearing disability.