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Every year, approximately 30 million people in the United States are occupationally exposed to hazardous levels of noise according to OSHA. Since 2004, the Bureau of Labour Statistics has reported nearly 125,000 workers have suffered significant, permanent hearing loss. Surgery and hearing aids can only help with hearing loss, not correct it. OSHA's permissible exposure limit (PEL) is 90 dBA for all workers for an 8 hour day. For each additional 5 dBA, the exposure time is cut in half. …

Hi. This is Rick Pedley, President of PK Safety Supply. Our blog is a way to share our knowledge of work safety issues as well as some of the responses we give to customers on questions about the products they use.  Hopefully you will find something of interest. Feel free to comment! I have been in the business of selling safety products for over 30 years.  Safety is our only business, and we get a lot inquiries. With the help of the PK Safety staff, we'll be publishing articl …