PROTECTING YOURSELF FROM NOISE IN CONSTRUCTION 13
Always wear hearing protection to protect yourself from high noise exposures, both on the work site and at home..
Regular earplugs aren't strong enough to protect the ears against the noise level found on a construction site.
As a rule, the most effective earplugs are custom-made to fit the worker's ear.
Encourage your workers to get fitted for custom earplugs, but keep reusable ones on hand just in case..
Foam earplugs, mainly made from either polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or polyurethane (PU) (memory foam), which are compressed (rolled) and put into the ear canal, where they expand to plug it.
Wax earplugs, which are rolled into a ball and carefully molded to fit over the external portion of the ear canal..
Formable foam earplugs are made of soft foam.
Once inserted, these earplugs expand to fill your ear canal snugly.
Formable foam earplugs are meant for one-time use, but they can be reused if they are clean and still fully expand to their “like new” shape.
Pre-molded earplugs are made from plastic, rubber, or silicone..
Hearing protectors are required to prevent noise induced hearing loss.
Hearing protection devices reduce the noise energy reaching and causing damage to the inner ear.
Ear muffs and earplugs are the most common types of PPE..
The best earplugs for industrial work
Shush earplugs are the best hearing protection in the world.
The ceramic filter with venturi channel (a double funnel) not only ensures reliable attenuation but provides a clear and natural high-fidelity sound..
If engineering and work practice controls do not lower employee exposure to workplace noise to acceptable levels, employees must wear appropriate hearing protection.
It is important to understand that hearing protectors reduce only the amount of noise that gets through to the ears..
Foam earplugs, mainly made from either polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or polyurethane (PU) (memory foam), which are compressed (rolled) and put into the ear canal, where they expand to plug it.
Wax earplugs, which are rolled into a ball and carefully molded to fit over the external portion of the ear canal..
The best earplugs for industrial work
Shush earplugs are the best hearing protection in the world.
The ceramic filter with venturi channel (a double funnel) not only ensures reliable attenuation but provides a clear and natural high-fidelity sound..
Formable foam earplugs are meant for one-time use, but they can be reused if they are clean and still fully expand to their “like new” shape.
Pre-molded earplugs are made from plastic, rubber, or silicone.
One type of pre-molded earplug is high-fidelity (hi-fi) earplugs, also called uniform-attenuation earplugs..
