When Do You Need Double Hearing Protection?
Double hearing protection is needed in work environments with noises that exceed 100 decibels on average over an eight-hour shift. Workers can wear ear plugs underneath their protective earmuffs to...
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Preventing Hearing Loss at Your Workplace
Industrial environments with high noise levels, like construction sites, can potentially damage workers’ hearing. Sound level meters that are used for acoustic measuring indicate noise levels in a workplace, and...
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Give the Gift of Safety This Mother’s Day
In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation officially recognizing Mother's Day as a national holiday. Since then, Mother’s Day has become one of the major holidays in the USA,...
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A Sound Investment In Hearing Protection
Every year, approximately 30 million people in the United States are occupationally exposed to hazardous levels of noise according to OSHA. Since 2004, the Bureau of Labour Statistics has reported...
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Moldex Battleplugs are the Ideal Earplugs for Shooters
The Moldex Battleplugs are a new type of reusable earplug. These patented, baffled hearing protection devices have two modes which provide completely different noise reduction ratings. A small hinge on...
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A Work Safety Kit with Everything for Your New Employees
For a ready-made, one-click solution to putting personal protective equipment on your employees, check out the PK Safety PPE Kit. Each kit arrives in a poly bag ready to pass...
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Waste Collection Workers High Risk of Injury
Waste collection has always been a more injury-prone occupation than most. In both fatal and non-fatal accident categories, refuse collectors are at high risk. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics...
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Sound Advice – Baby Ear Protection & Earmuffs for Kids
A friend recently nudged my shoulder and pointed out a mother and her baby who were in the stands with us at an Oakland A’s baseball game. He rolled his...
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How to Protect Your Ears at An Airshow or Concert
Noise levels will be high around the San Francisco Bay this weekend. Fleet Week is here and with it the loud, loud sound of six F/A-18 Hornets flying overhead at...
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How to Put In Earplugs
Worn properly an earplug like the Howard Leight Max NRR 33 can be used in noise up to 110 dB(A). 110 dB is roughly equivalent to someone blowing a whistle...
