The Roads and Grounds Department has been awarded the 2014 Industrial Hygiene Award for helping the Industrial Hygiene Group characterize the occupational exposures during summer lawn care maintenance and prescribed prairie burn operations.
Jonny Staffa
Using a hearing protection device is necessary to protect you from noise-induced hearing loss. Use the devices appropriately and, as with all personal protective equipment, keep it clean. Use single-use ear plugs only once. Reusable earplugs, canal caps and earmuffs must be cleaned on a regular basis. At low levels, noise can be irritating, but at high levels noise can actually damage your hearing. As you might expect, hearing loss becomes worse with exposures that are longer and louder. Exposure…