{"doi":"10.60014/pmjg.v14i2.422","title":"Noise Exposure Profile and Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Risks of Selected Road Construction Workers in Ghana","abstract":"Objective: Hearing loss is common among construction workers. This study explored the occupational noise exposure levels of selected road construction workers and determined the noise-induced hearing loss risk levels Methodology: It was cross-sectional, exploratory and task-based using dBadge2 PRO noise dosimeter. Convenience sampling was employed in selecting the workers studied. The study population involved carpenters and operators of concrete mixers, bulldozers, excavators, pay-loaders, pneumatic tyre rollers, steel rollers and asphalt-producing plant monitored from seven construction firms actively working in Ashanti and Ahafo Regions, Ghana. Results: This study found that seven out of nine workers groups (77.8%) recorded average noise levels ≥85dBA (ISO/NIOSH limit). The peak noise from all equipment exceeded the ISO/NIOSH limit by 35.7dBA–57.6 dBA. The highest was recorded from bulldozers, followed by, carpenters, excavators, pneumatic tyre rollers, asphalt-production plant, pay-loaders, concrete mixers, small steel roller and heavy steel rollers. Conclusion: The peak, maximum and impulse noise levels indicate that all the worker-groups (100%) are at increased risk of noise-induced hearing loss. Construction managers should deploy quieter equipment, mufflers and sound-dampening mats inside the engines of heavy-duty equipment to attenuate engine noise and also enforce appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) use.","journal":"Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana","year":2025,"id":576393,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":0,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.8679,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2025-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":1484870,"name":"Akua K. Yalley","orcid":"0000-0002-7429-1707","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1485290,"name":"Alex Bapula","orcid":null,"position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1485291,"name":"Akua Fosua Oduro","orcid":null,"position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1485292,"name":"Daniel Asenso-Gyambibi","orcid":null,"position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1485293,"name":"Gifty Ekua Merdiemah","orcid":null,"position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":587823,"name":"Francis Afukaar","orcid":null,"position":6,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":342533,"name":"Peter Donkor","orcid":"0000-0002-8926-8681","position":7,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":927803,"name":"Charles Mock","orcid":"0000-0001-7458-4748","position":8,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":39531,"name":"Ellis Owusu‐Dabo","orcid":"0000-0003-4232-4292","position":9,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":388332,"name":"Isaac Kofi Yankson","orcid":"0000-0002-8308-1859","position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":0,"raw_metadata":{"citation_network_status":"fetched"},"created_at":"2026-07-19T02:57:56.636458Z","pmid":null,"pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}