-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/21/2013 08:01 PM, Michael Gurski wrote: > With all this discussion about earbuds, I feel I should pass along > a (possibly overcautious) warning from the Safety person where I > work. I'd off-handedly mentioned that I'd just use my > noise-cancelling headphones in the server room, and he was fairly > insistent on verifying that they had a rated Noise Reduction > Rating, as apparently just cancelling background noise isn't > enough. So, right now I use foamies with a 32 or 34 NRR, and forego > the headphones, since I couldn't find adequate documentation. > Might want to consider similar, or at least consult someone more > familiar with safety before forging ahead.
I'd like to second this - your employer is on the hook for increased worker's comp premiums (among other liability) if you get injured on the job. Someone at the company likely will care quite a bit about noise-related hearing loss. Where I work, my boss wasn't aware of the issue of data center noise because he doesn't go in the data center that often. When we brought it up, he immediately bought OSHA-certified ear muffs for us, which seem to satisfy the safety folks here as well. Skylar -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlEm/HMACgkQsc4yyULgN4aO0ACePhWrUAkM7tHk17GWmif7BK0L Qw0An3fvgtIdatjsl/84BuskQvjjV9Uy =pgWg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
