One in three Aussie workers affected by noise
27-07-2010
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Industry Update
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Manufacturing Technology
A Safe Work Australia report released earlier this year based on the National Hazard Exposure Worker Surveillance survey shows many Australian workers risk injury from loud workplace noise.
Key findings include:
- Between 28 and 32 per cent of the Australian workforce are likely to work in an environment where they are exposed to non-trivial loud noise.
- Male workers were more likely to report exposure to loud noise than female workers.
- Young workers were more likely to report exposure to loud noise than older workers.
- Workers who worked at night were more likely to report exposure to loud noise than workers who worked during the day.
- The main industries in which workers reported exposure to loud noise were manufacturing and construction.
- Only 41 per cent of exposed workers reported they had received training in noise injury prevention.
The full report is available at: www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au