Occupational Health and Safety
Occupational health and safety is a major concern in all industries. Injuries, complaints and litigation are just as relevant concerns for the defence industry as anywhere else. Problems such as hearing loss, “white finger” syndrome and persistent backaches have to be dealt with and measures taken to minimise hazards at the workplace.
With Brüel & Kjær instruments, a military organisation can identify where, in high-risk areas, a person is allowed to work and for how long he may work. Specialised measurements and modelling can also help determine what protection specific personnel need in order to perform their jobs and what damping and design elements are needed to improve the work environment. Solutions can and have been found in the following areas:
- Helmet design
- Evaluation of gunshot noise
- Evaluation of cockpit noise
- Ramp noise measurements
- Mapping of interior noise of military vehicles
- Noise prediction
- Speech intelligibility in buildings and public address systems
- Hand-arm vibration
- Whole body vibration
- General noise and vibration exposure and reduction
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