29/09/2005 - Features
Complying with the new noise at work regulations
Noise can be a problem in virtually any working environment. Workers in factories, schools, call centres, pubs and even vehicles are all potentially at risk from exposure, whether the noise is from machinery or other people.Legal noise exposure limits are already in place in the UK, however from April 2006 these are set to become even tighter as a result of a European Union directive.
For this feature, Norwich Union Risk Services' consultant David Dainty, looks at the new Control of Noise at Work Regulations, plus some of the problems that noise at work can bring and how the risks can be controlled...
Part 1: The scale of the problem
Part 2: The effects of noise at work
Part 3: The Control of Noise at Work Regulations (2005)
Part 4: Carrying out a noise risk assessment
Part 5: Noise control and risk reduction
Click on the links over to the left-hand-side of this page to read each part...