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Noise

Noise

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Noise

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- Noise is an issue that I think gets overlooked far too often in construction. It's easy to overlook because it's one of those hazards that's not likely to cause an immediate injury or to have immediate consequences. It's one of those things that builds up over time as loud noises take their toll on your hearing and then one day you realize that you're having trouble hearing people or picking out details in conversations or like me you end up with a permanent ringing in your ears. The real trouble with all this is that once the damage is done, the doctors really don't have a way to fix it. Back when I was really just a teenager and running a jackhammer out on a construction site for the summer, no one told me that I needed to wear hearing protection, and to be fair I'm not sure if I would've worn it, even if they did. Back then, the hearing protection consisted of those big bulky earmuff type things, and it was 110…

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