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Helping Construction Workers Recover Damages for Hearing Loss

Many types of Construction work necessarily involves the use of loud equipment, and construction workers are often exposed to these potentially dangerous loud, and potentially dangerous, noises for long periods of time. However,But it does not necessarily follow that construction workers should suffer the ill effects of excessive noise exposure. New York and New Jersey employers can take important steps to help protect their New York and New Jersey construction workers’ hearing .

Protecting Construction Workers From Hearing Loss
The National Institute of Health has found that the average 25 year twenty-five-year-old carpenter has the years of an average 50 year old personhearing of someone twice their age who has not been exposed to excessive noise.*. In order to prevent early hearing loss, federal regulations** require employers to*:

  • Limit the exposure to noise to what is defined inby federal regulations as the “permissible noise exposures.”.
  • Implement hearing -conservation programs in all cases where the exposure to noise is not limited to permissible levels.
  • Provide Ear protective devices for workers that are; such devices should be fitted for each individual by competent persons and worn inside the ear. Plain cotton is ineffective and does not satisfy this requirement.

Helping Construction Workers with Hearing Loss Recover Damages for Their Injuries

If you are a construction worker who has experienced hearing loss because of your work in the construction industry then, you may be entitled to damages for your injuries. In order to determine if your employer is legally responsible for your injuries, your New Jersey and New York construction injury lawyers will investigate whether your employer took appropriate steps to measure the sound levels on work sites, how that information was used (if applicable), whether you were provided with ear protective devices that met regulatory standards, and whether a hearing conservation program was properly implemented.

Call the New Jersey and New York construction hearing loss lawyers of Hofmann & Schweitzer today for more information about your rights.

*NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Noise and Hearing Loss Prevention: Comparing Carpenter’s Age to Non-Carpenter

**OSHA: Noise and Hearing Conservation, Construction
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