National Protect Your Hearing Month: Boost Work Safety This October | PK Safety
Learn safety tips and explore top hearing protection this October during National Protect Your Hearing Month.
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Noise Canceling Earmuffs: Explore the Benefits of Noise Reduction Earmuffs | PK Safety
The benefits of noise-canceling ear muffs and how to protect your hearing with top-rated noise reduction options.
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October is National Protect Your Hearing Month
National Hearing Awareness Month aims to remind businesses and individuals how to prevent hearing loss by avoiding loud noises or using hearing protection equipment. Companies should test the sound levels...
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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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How to Reduce Workplace Noise
Noise is inevitable when you’re working with heavy-duty industrial equipment. But exposure to loud noises can lead to permanent hearing loss; these noises don’t have to be deafening to damage...
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National Protect Your Hearing Month
For a lot of places in the U.S., October means cooler weather, tricks, and treats. For the CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health and organizations like PK Safety, though, it...
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How to Properly Insert Ear Plugs
Loud noises on the worksite are irritating and dangerous. Short-term exposure to very loud worksite sounds can cause permanent nerve damage to the inner ear and hearing loss. Ear plugs...
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Workplace Hearing Protection: What to Wear in Your Work Environment
October is National Protect Your Hearing Month. As many as 40 million adults under the age of 70 may have some form of hearing loss in one or both of...
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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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How to Prevent Hearing Loss
Noise is one of the most common occupational hazards in many workplaces. This is especially true in industrial settings, where there is often constant background noise that increases the danger...
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The Best Earmuffs for Hearing Protection
Every year millions of people in the US are exposed to hazardous occupational noise. The law requires employers provide their employees with a safe workplace. When the workers’ noise exposure exceeds...
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Sound Meters 101: Noise Meters and Sound Level Meter Accessories
Measuring noise levels and employees' noise exposure is an important part of a workplace noise control and hearing conservation program. A wide range of professional instruments can be used to...
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How to Reduce Noise Pollution at Work
Average adults spend over 10.3 years (90,000 hours) at work in their lifetime. People's ears have different levels of sensitivity to loud sounds, especially at certain frequencies. Noise is one...
