Dosimeters Articles
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Light and Effective Radiation Sensors: A Comprehensive Overview
Radiation sensors play a crucial role in many applications, from medical imaging and environmental monitoring to nuclear power plant safety and space exploration. These sensors detect and measure the presence and intensity of various types of radiation, including gamma rays, X-rays, and alpha and beta particles. Over the years, significant advances have been made in radiation sensor technology, ...
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The Control of Noise at Work Regulations: What are they and what do they mean?
If you’re new to health and safety and aren’t sure what the Control of Noise at Work Regulations mean for your workplace, or you simply want to ensure you’re fully compliant, then this blog is the one for you. In this blog, we will discuss what the Control of Noise at Work Regulations are, who they affect, and how you can ensure that you’re doing everything you can to ...
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City of London Corporation, Waste Transfer Station - Case study
Air Pollution Challenges in the Urban Supply Chain The City of London Corporation has consistently delivered innovative initiatives to improve air quality and Walbrook Wharf was one of their key initiatives. Walbrook Wharf is a large waste transfer site right on the Thames, just east of Southwark Bridge. At this site, waste from all over the authority is collected and shipped down the Thames by ...
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What are the noise and vibration regulations that tree surgeons need to adhere to?
Do you know what the noise and vibration regulations are? Every business in the UK is required by law, to keep their employees safe as they carry out their work. There are risks in every workplace regardless of the sector, whether it’s trip or fire hazards, and the measures to minimise and control these risks are relatively well-known. Unless you are a health and safety expert, the noise ...
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Noise measurement and tree surgery: what products can tree surgeons use to help protect against noise?
In a previous article, we introduced noise measurement and tree surgery by discussing the risks faced by tree surgeons and arborists by noise on a daily basis as part of their work. We explored the noise levels of chainsaws and what they mean in terms of how long someone can use one without protection before their hearing is damaged, as well as the other health risks associated with exposure to ...
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Types of Noise
When categorizing noise, there are generally four main types: continuous, intermittent, impulsive, and low-frequency. The main differentiating factor between these types is how the noise changes with time. Let’s now discuss in detail the different types of noise that surround us all. Continuous Noise As is obvious by the name, continuous noise is the noise that remains stable and ...
By SoundEar A/S
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Measuring Sound
The amplitude of a sound wave can be described in many ways. It is important to remember that not all sounds are the same, and hence the methods used to characterize the loudness of sound differ significantly from one another depending on the type of sound wave. Since noise and its harmful health effects are a primary concern everywhere, the method used to measure sound must provide relevant ...
By SoundEar A/S
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3 Steps for Mitigating Hearing Loss in the Workforce
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) estimates 22 million workers are exposed to potentially damaging noise at work each year and the effects go far beyond loss of hearing. Exposure to excessive noise can affect more than just workers’ hearing. It can also create dangerous situations, such as an inability to hear warning signals, a decline in one’s ability ...
By Moldex
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Fixed, personal or portable monitoring for benzene detection?
Applications for PIDs include:- fixed systems for the area or fenceline monitoring of fugitive emissions portable instruments for confined space entry checks or leak detection & repair personal instruments, to alert a worker to a concentration above the regulatory OEL Fixed systems be benzene specific i.e. require no calibration correction factor have real or near-real time ...
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Noise Testing and Noise Dosimetry for Industrial Facilities
Hearing Conservation Program Whether they are subjected to constant din or sporadic bursts of loud sounds throughout the day, employees in noisy workplaces are at risk of permanent damage to their hearing and employers face possible OSHA citations. For a noisy workplace, establishing a Hearing Conservation Program is imperative to protecting both employee health and employer liability. This ...
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Save on training courses before the end of January!
Our training courses aren’t just for those new colleagues that may need bringing up-to-speed with everything noise-related; they also provide a useful refresher for you and your current team. So, whether it’s product training or noise at work awareness, we offer a range of programmes and online resources to help you and your team get the most out of your noise measurement equipment. ...
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Glastonbury Organisers Told to Reduce Noise Levels for 2020
Christmas may have only just ended with summer feeling like a lifetime away, but the world-famous Glastonbury festival is already making headlines. Far from being rumours about who this year’s headliners are going to be, the most recent Glasto-gossip focusses on low-frequency propagation. Although noise pollution isn’t as exciting to talk about as Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift or ...
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All about Gas Detection Monitors
Companies who manufacture and process hazardous materials carry the responsibility of protecting their employees, the public, and the environment from combustible and toxic gases. Gas detection monitors, including portable gas leak detectors, are essential not only for safety measures but also to meet ever-increasing governmental and industry standards. With the anticipated 2020 changes ...
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Hearing Loss for Workers is Preventable
Hearing Loss In The Workplace In the U.S., OSHA has set regulations on worker noise exposure. The usual sound measurements method is to use a noise dosimeter attached to a worker that measures noise exposure as the person moves about the work area. However, this does nothing to identify the source and location of the noise. It also does not address non-OSHA noise issues such as community noise, ...
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When should you use a db Meter or Noise Dosimeter?
Find out when to use a db meter or when you should use noise dosimeters instead Under the Noise at Work Regulations (2005), employers must protect their workers from Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) and other conditions associated with exposure to excessive noise. Measuring and controlling noise at work is a challenge in most companies who ‘make or do something noisy’. It is ...
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Noise Meters - Why you should choose Pulsar Instruments
Pulsar Instruments – the Gold Standard in Noise Measurement The fact that Pulsar Instruments is a manufacturing company with 50 years of successful history speaks for itself; we have been at the forefront of technology for noise meters since its inception as an engineer-led concern in 1969. We were the first company to display the sound exposure times on the same scale of noise meters as ...
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Understanding A-C-Z noise frequency weightings
What are the different frequency weightings and why do you need to know? Understanding the difference between noise frequency weightings may be one of the most important things you need to know about when measuring sound. This is because picking the wrong one on your sound level pressure meter could result in your results being irrelevant for the purpose and at worst invalid (not legally ...
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Noise at Work Regulations - making sense of them & measuring sound
Tips on how to measure sound and manage the noise measurement process Join the noise experts Pulsar Instruments on their face-to-face training courses and gain vital insight into how to manage the noise measurement in the workplace under the Noise at Work Regulations. The one-day courses, delivered by Pulsar Instruments, are intended to meet the needs of those new to noise at work measurement ...
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Noise Survey for OSHA Compliance
OSHA requires a noise dosimetry survey to determine if workers are exposed to noise that could damage their hearing. To satisfy OSHA’s requirement for Noise Surveys (29CFR1910.94 for General Industry, 29CFR1926.52 for Construction) involves attaching a noise dosimeter to a worker for a work shift when there is a possibility that person and persons performing similar tasks may be exposed to ...
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Noise Maps
In the U.S., OSHA has set regulations on worker noise exposure. The specific regulations are 29 CFR 1910.95 for industry and 29 CFR 1926.52 for construction. The usual measurement method is to use a portable noise dosimeter attached to a worker that measures noise exposure as the person moves about the work area. However, this does nothing to identify the source and location of the noise. It also ...
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