ADMS 3400- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 29 pages long!)

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Type of physical agent: noise, thermos heat / cols (thermal stress, radiation, vibration, noise. The sho(cid:396)t- duration noise is referred to as impact or impulse noise, which has a duration of about 1 millisecond (continuous or impulse: loudness: the louder (volume) the noise, the more problems it can cause. Though the actual noise level may be well below acceptable standards and may not be measurable with a sound level meter, it is nonetheless very real and can cause stress and other possible non- auditory effects. Control (source + path + worker: elimination of the noise, change the noise path: moving the worker away from the source or erecting sound barriers between the noise and the worker, or both. Definition: thermal stress conditions involve cold and hot temperature extremes, (cid:862)ho(cid:373)eostasis(cid:863) the balance of heat generation: is the basis for examining the effects of heat and cold on the body.

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