Serial public restroom hand dryer thief captured!

[Kaleva]

"Des Moines police have arrested a suspect accused of stealing hand dryers from public restrooms, according to a post on the department's Facebook page.

John Arthur Wilson, 46, was named in an earlier post on Friday as the suspect wanted for second-degree theft.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2018/09/07/des-moines-suspect-identified-wanted-second-degree-theft-hand-dryers/1227898002/

[3Hotdogs]

1. Good for him. Those things are an abomination.

The decibel rating damages hearing, especially for washroom attendants.

They violate O.S.H.A. standards for hearing loss prevention.

[Kaleva]

2. How do they violate OSHA standards?

One would have to be using such machines for sometime in an 8 hour time period, an hour at 94 decibels and 15 minutes at 100 decibels, before going over OSHA standards.

https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/98-126/pdfs/98-126.pdf

Washroom attendants would be wearing hearing protection.

[3Hotdogs]

3. O.S.H.A. noise standards are simple to determine, even without a testing device.

The O.S.H.A. instructor said its simple. If you need to raise your voice to have someone hear you, the noise level is over the decibel limit. A washroom attendant will be exposed to this noise lever over the course of a work day.

The problem with such hearing loss is that it is over the period of time. There is no pain or discomfort to warn you that your hearing is in danger.





I took the 30 hour, O.S.H.A. certified course.

[Kaleva]

4. But you also have to be exposed to the noise over a certain period of time too.

If you look at the table in the link I provided, you can see that.

In regards to air hand dryers, washroom attendants probably would be required to wear hearing protection but since patrons aren't in the restroom very long, they are not.

[3Hotdogs]

5. I have never seen a washroom attendant wearing ear protection.

Have you?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. I have never seen a washroom attendant, period.

FWIW, here's a direct link to OSHA:

Occupational Noise Exposure

Here are links to the OSHA standards.

[3Hotdogs]

7. I'm from N.J. We have them in casinos and shore resort facilities.