Noise Induced Hearing Loss of 3 military workers that satisfied guidelines of occupational disease in Korean Occupational Safety & Health Act

ABSTRACT

Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) is the most common occupational disease in Korea. However, there have not been reported NIHL in military workers that satisfied the decision guidelines of Korean Occupational Safety & Health Act. It is well known that aircraft maintenance workers expose to intensive noise. We found 3 military aircraft maintenance workers with NIHL that satisfied the decision guidelines of occupational disease in Korean Occupational Safety & Health Act. They were all in the base maintenance department and have work durations over 20 years. We hope these cases were sentinel events that activate the military occupational health management system.