What type of noise offshore on oil rigs and vessels can cause work related hearing loss? How loud does it have to be to cause hearing loss?

If you work in a maritime environment, you’re probably working around equipment that can cause hearing loss damage. What happens around this heavy equipment is the noise is so loud that it actually damages your hearing over time. I want to give you some examples of the equipment you may work around which may be damaging your hearing. If you’ve worked for years in the past off shore or on vessels, chances are you were exposed to loud noise with this type of equipment. Now, on an oil rig, you’re going to have the rig floor which is extremely loud. People working on the rig floor for years at a time are likely to have suffered some type of hearing loss. If you’re on a vessel, you may be in the engine room or you may be working around generators. Both of those areas, if you’re working in those areas, you could have suffered hearing loss because of that loud equipment.

Now, I want to tell you, regular traffic is about 85 decibels. If you’re working on an oil rig or on a vessel, chances are you’re around equipment that is a lot louder than regular traffic and the experts will tell you, that noise levels at about 85 decibels can start to cause damage to your hearing. Call us if you have any questions about the equipment that you’ve worked around in the past. If you suspect you’ve suffered hearing loss because of the heavy equipment you’ve worked around on oil rigs or vessels, we can arrange for a free, simple test that will determine if you’ve suffered hearing loss. Call our maritime lawyers today.


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