OSHA Noise Standards and FIRST Events

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Ed,
About where in the stands were you seated? We were on the uper level and it was difficult to hear anything up there. Were the people around you making noise as well? I spent some time on the floor each of the three days. On Newton, it was actually hard to hear any of the crowd down behind the field but there was certainly a din I would have guessed at about 85. Getting closer to any of the reflective surfaces, of course, brought up the noise.
I thought the audio was very hot at Boilermaker. They were having other issues most of the weekend. Trying to get the audio guy to recognize that the directional antennas (for the mics), were pointed at the pit door and not the field was hard enough.
Most venues are under local jurisdictions which have noise level policy or exposure statutes but there is little enforcement until the neighbors complain. In my mind, the audio has been getting louder over the years.

Mike,
Do you remember the weighting that you were using? Ed was using "A" weighting it appears.