Noise at work bothers one person in two
Produced as part of the national day of the hearing, a survey by Ipsos
for
Médéric shows that problems of noise on the workplace no longer just the industry. The voice, telephone, music hinder employees in the tertiary sector, bringing the share of assets bothered by noise at work in more than one in two.
major theme of the National Day of hearing (JNA), held March 13, 2008, noise at work is not a marginal phenomenon. Although regulated, it affects more than half of assets in France, affecting all sectors.
In fact, if employees of industry and construction are the most affected, the administration does not rule out the debate, since 58% say they frequently or often bothered by noise.
addition to mechanical noise prevailing in industry and construction, voice, telephone, music or traffic noise and pollution are real assets for the tertiary, which are themselves much less sensitive the problem. Thus, 41% assets affected by the noise call themselves insufficiently informed on the effects of noise on health.
The survey results are available as a slideshow
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