Layout 1:NoiseThermometerFINAL.

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NoiseThermometer
Sound Energy Doubles Every 3 dB
Example: if a 90 dB noise is doubled, it measures 93 dB

Household Noise Occupational Noise

쑺
Fireworks Handgun Apollo
162 dB 166 dB Lift-Off
188 dB
쑽
쒀

쑸
M1 Rifle Artillery
Shotgun Fire
170 dB 161 dB
162 dB
Immediate Immediate
Physical Damage Physical Damage
160 dB 160 dB

쑸 쑸
Balloon Jet Engine
Firecracker Take-Off
150 dB Pop
157 dB 150 dB

Noisy
쑺
Engine Bicycle Dynamite
Squeeze
Backfire Toys Horn Blast
140 dB 135 dB 143 dB 140 dB
Immediate Immediate
Pain Threshold Pain Threshold
130 dB 130 dB

쑸
Pig
Squeal Jackhammer
130 dB 130 dB

쑺 쑺
Auto Oxygen
Racing Torch
130 dB 121 dB
Severe Irritation Severe Irritation
to the Ear to the Ear
120 dB 120 dB

쑸 쑺
Jet Plane Hammer
Thunder on Nail
120 dB at Ramp
120 dB 120 dB

쑺
Rock Chainsaw
Concert Generator
118 dB 116 dB
120 dB
쑽 쑽
쒀

Unprotected Noise 쑸 Stadium

117 dB
Compactor
116 dB Unprotected Noise
Exposure of Any
Exposure of Any
Duration Not Duration Not
Permitted Above
15 Min

Permitted Above
This Level This Level
쑺
Crying CD Ambulance Impact
115 dB Baby Player Siren Wrench 115 dB
110 dB 105 dB 112 dB 102 dB
30 Min

쑽 쑽 쑽
쑽 쒀

쑸 Motorcycle Diesel Truck

1 Hour

105 dB Accelerating
114 dB
Extremely Loud Extremely Loud
100 dB 100 dB

쑺
Bulldozer Industrial
100 dB Fire Alarm
2 Hours

95 dB
쑽
쒀

쑸
Power Table Saw
Lawnmower Subway
90 dB 93 dB
94 dB
Hearing Protection 쑽 Hearing Protection
Required by OSHA Required by OSHA
4 Hours

90 dB 90 dB
Cockpit of
쑸 Propeller
Airplane
88 dB
Forklift
87 dB 쑺
Ear Damage Ear Damage
Possible Possible
85 dB 85 dB

쑺 쑸
Smoke Elevator
Alarm Blender
85 dB 85 dB 85 dB

쑸 쑺
Ringing
Hair Dryer Handsaw Telephone
80 dB 85 dB 82 dB

쑺 쑸
Vacuum Alarm Garbage Lathe
Cleaner Clock Disposal
74 dB 75 dB 80 dB 81 dB

Non-Hazardous Non-Hazardous
65 dB 65 dB
Sewing Microwave
Machine Oven Dishwasher
60 dB 58 dB 60 dB

쑽
쒀
Background Rainfall Normal Large Office
Music 50 dB Conversation 50 dB
50 dB 60 dB
쑽

쑸 쑺
Flowing Paper Transformer
8 Hours

Stream Rustling
50 dB 50 dB 50 dB

Comfortable Comfortable
50 dB 50 dB

쑸
Quiet Quiet
Library Office
40 dB 40 dB
쑽
쒀
Quiet
Residential
Area
40 dB
쑺 Refrigerator
43 dB

쑸
Audible
Whisper
30 dB
Threshold Threshold
of Audibility of Audibility
20 dB 20 dB

쒀
Normal
Breathing
10 dB

0 dB 0 dB

OSHA Permissible
Exposure Limits

Distributor:
Bacou-Dalloz Hearing Safety Group National Safety, Inc.
7828 Waterville Road, San Diego, CA 92154 6910 S. 196th St.
Tech Support ph. 800/977-9177 • fax 619/661-8131 Kent, WA 98032
Cust Service ph. 800/430-5490 • fax 401/232-1110 (800) 213-7092
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