Hocks Noise Braker®

Industrial Hearing Loss

Noise in the Workplace

Noise in the workplace can cause numerous health problems,

resulting in absences, accidents, loss of productivity,

and permanent hearing loss.

• Industry experts conclude that the affects of noise are detrimental to performance.

• Steady noises do not interfere with human performance until the noise level exceeds about 90dB. Intermittent and impulse noises are more disruptive than steady noises, even when irregular sound level bursts are below 90dB.

• Noise is more likely to reduce the accuracy of work than to reduce the total quantity of work.

 What can be done?

One of the simplest solutions is to insure that employees have good hearing protection.

Millions of hearing protection plugs are sold each year to musicians, music lovers, hunters, shooters, farmers, hobbyists, motorcyclists, pilots, construction workers, and industrial workers, the latter being in the majority since the passage of 50.204.10 of the Walsh-Healey Act, Occupational Safety and Health Standards (OSHA).

OSHA has mandated hearing protection for workers in noisy work environments

with exposure to 90dB or more.

The increased concern by industry, government, and public over the industrial hearing safetly will continue until everyone exposed to dangerous noise levels owns some type of approved protection.

Custom Hearing Protection in Safety Colors

Hocks Custom Earmold Lab is now providing custom hearing protection in

Safety Green and Safety Orange. 

Safety colors, colors not found in nature, are the ideal solution for industrial use

and are also popular with hunters and shooters.

   Your Custom Hearing Protection may be made either with or without

the world famous Hocks Noise Filter®. 

Color and cording options are available.

Hocks Custom Noise Braker®



How Noise Braker Helps Industry

Hocks Noise Braker® is preferred by employers and employees for many reasons:

• contains an acoustical chamber which reduces all sound to approximately speech level
• permits the wearer to hear and carry on conversation at all times without removing or adjusting the unit, while protecting hearing
  
• can be worn continuously without discomfort
  
• ear channel is not blocked
• made of soft material that can be cleaned easily
• change of elevation will not bother wearer
• instead of plugging or sealing the ear, Hocks Noise Brakers® are designed to allow air and sound up to 80 dB to enter
• has no mechanical or electronic parts to move,wear out, or injure the ear
• surveys show that more than 70% of workers using Hocks Noise Brakers® take them home for use in recreational activities



Protecting Ears, On & Off the Job

Compensation awarded to employees for hearing loss and tinnitus due to noise exposure is growing at an alarming rate.

Surveys show that over 60% of industrial users of Hocks NoiseBraker® wear them off the job while operating chain saws, lawn mowers, tillers, shop equipment, boats, cars, motorcycles, aircraft, snowmobiles, when shooting, attending concerts, and participating in other recreational pursuits.

Many workmen are exposed to more noise off the job than on. This is important to industry because, when employees are working in a noisy area, they can only be required to wear ear defense while on the job. Unless they are satisfied with the ear protection, they won't wear the hearing protection off the job and any loss will accrue to the employer's liability.

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