Too Much of a Good Thing: Avoiding Overprotection in Hearing Protection
Hearing protectors are unique among personal protective equipment in that in order to protect our hearing, they make us partially deaf. This can lead to complications not found with other protective equipment, namely, overprotection.
The risks of overprotection are very real, and the consequences can be catastrophic. An employee who cannot hear the warning signal of a truck or piece of heavy equipment backing up can be in serious danger.
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