An effective hearing conservation program.
In a major chemical producing complex, noise problems of all kinds are encountered. One complex of The Dow Chemical Company, the Michigan Division, has approached this problem by setting up a Hearing Conservation Committee consisting of various disciplines: Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Medical, Engineering, and Production. This committee reviews each plant's Hearing Conservation Program bi-annually until all equivalent exposure ratios are less than one. Audiometric data is entered on a computer for rapid evaluation of periodic audiograms.
D004738:Engineering; D006317:Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D009623:Noise, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*