Complaining about noise in the workplace can seem trivial to some, but excessive or continual sounds can affect the physical and mental health of employees. Whether the noise is coming from office ...

Not even loud sound, like a jackhammer, but just the ordinary background noise that most any busy office tends to generate. Occupational noise is something that few people in management ever think ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) estimates that 30 million people in the United States are exposed to hazardous noise levels at work each year. As a result, OSHA indicates ...

But with this shift, a new issue has surfaced: noise. Supporters of office-based work argue that the face-to-face interactions spark creativity, strengthen working relationships and boost team ...

It’s time to understand, and consider, the role technology can play in workplace noise monitoring. According to OSHA, each year 22 million employees are exposed to hazardous noises at work ...

The world is a noisy place, and it’s getting louder. At the same time, people may be less tolerant of noise in the post-pandemic work world. As employees head back to the office, 52% of office ...

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But its office of noise abatement was defunded by the Reagan administration, rendering policies unenforceable and regulatory criteria obsolete. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration ...

Nurses’ exposure to noise may play a part in their overall health and potential to burn out at work, the results of a new study suggest. The researchers reviewed a prior study of 3,800 nurses ...

Constant banging and rattling at work does not just disrupt concentration ... Researchers looked at the effects of high noise levels in clothing factories in Bangladesh, finding 3 in 10 of workers ...