Noise Assessments … how can they help?

Noise Assessments … how can they help?

Noise dosimeter for monitoring plant noise levels
Noise Assessment – dosimeter for monitoring plant noise levels

Monitoring of noise in your plant can be achieved with dosimeters or handheld noise meters.

Noise Assessments … how can they help? Prevention can be achieved through hearing protection such as ear muffs, or plugs, along with engineering and administrative actions.

Ear Muffs for hearing protection
Noise Assessments – Ear Muffs for hearing protection
Ear plugs for hearing protection
Noise assessments – Ear plugs for hearing protection

Ongoing annual Indoor noise assessments are recommended as the basis of a strong health and safety program, building confidence among workers that your firm is taking the right actions and can be part of an ongoing improvement program.

Ontario has legislation that governs workplace exposure to chemical, physical and biological health hazards. These are mandatory requirements, that can have legal consequences for your company and management team. Be sure to have a good level of understanding, training is available. The legislation includes:

What does a typical noise assessment consist of?

  1. Develop a plan of action … hire a specialist to work with, someone you can trust to be part of your team…to implement effective applied science solution!
  2. Most clients pick a sampling size reflective of their plant size. For instance, with 200 workers, perhaps sampling 10 team members over two days would give you a representative sample.
  3. Complete the monitoring.
  4. Review and report on the monitoring.
  5. Post report for staff to review if desired.
  6. Review at Health and Safety Committee level.
  7. Provide feedback on potential improvements for next round of monitoring.

Regulatory requirements must be met and Health and Safety Compliance Audits provide an external view of how well your team is doing, often finding opportunities for improvement to make your team stronger.

Feel free to contact Chris at 647-921-9322 or solutions@esatco.com for more information

Noise Assessments - Health and Safety Auditor in Action
Noise Assessments – action is key

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