[The problem of correct assessment of risk of hearing loss in miners during their work at the mines].
This paper presents a modern approach to quantitative risk assessment of noise exposed miners. It is a twofold process involving the hazard assessment to determine the degree of potential harm posed by a given source of noise, and the exposure assessment to estimate the number of persons potentially exposed to harmful or annoying levels of noise emissions. In other words, to be accurate one has to retrieve the information on the characteristics of various standard populations; quantitatively assess the exposure at workplaces; and directly calculate the risk resulting from the exposure. It should be stressed that quantitative risk assessment of hearing loss is one of the essential steps in the Hearing Conservation Programme. The final aim of risk assessment is risk management which involves the selection of the most appropriate strategy to reduce the noise emission to the level required, and to limit the probability of harmful health effects.
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D006317:Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008906:Mining; D009623:Noise, Occupational / Q000009:adverse effects; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011044:Poland; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors
Problem prawidłowej oceny ryzyka doznania zawodowego uszkodzenia słuchu w wyniku pracy w górnictwie.