noise risk assessment Articles
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In-depth workplace noise risk assessments
Don’t miss a thing with a custom-made noise measurement kit Pulsar Safety Professional System: the-all-in one solution to noise measurement Pulsar Instruments’ Safety Professional noise measurement system offer Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality (SHEQ) experts a custom-made solution for resolving their complex workplace noise risk assessment issues. Currently, employers are ...
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Noise awareness training that`s out of this world!
Join us at our 30th One Day Noise Awareness Training Course on 13 June 2018 at the National Space Centre, Leicester for training we think is out of this world! Our one day Noise Training Course offers comprehensive training on how and why to measure noise, what to measure and how often you need to measure it. The course covers everything from basic noise theory through to how to use sound ...
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Organise a Factory Noise Measurement kit
If you are an employer or person in control of noisy premises, you are expected to reduce the risk of damage to the hearing of your employees from exposure to noise to the lowest level reasonably practicable. If the noise exposure on a daily or weekly basis are above certain values, you must carry out a noise risk assessment of the working environment and record your findings. Therefore a ...
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International Noise Awareness Day 2018
You have to make some noise to end it Pulsar Instruments Plc (25 April 2018) – On International Noise Awareness Day 2018 we’re making some noise about ‘Noise at Work’. “It is time to address the threat that noise poses to our hearing and to our health” says Simon Rehill, General Manager of Pulsar Instruments. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that ...
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Noise: regulations, risks and controls
Course dates 2017 – Noise: regulations, risks and controls A solid understanding of basic noise theory, regulations, risk assessment and controls and how to measure noise in a work environment are key to a successful noise control strategy. Improve yours with a Pulsar Noise Awareness course in 2017. Pulsar have just released 3 new dates for their one day noise at work awareness courses ...
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Buying Noise Measurement Equipment: how to cut costs, not quality
At a time when budgets are under strain, the Pulsar Model 14, ultra-simple digital sound level meter offers a compliant, reliable, yet affordable noise meter. It is the preferred choice of employers looking for a meter for general purpose use whilst meeting the “Noise at Work” Regulations and the requirements of IEC 61672 to Class 2. The Model 14 retails at £260.00 and provides ...
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Noise Awareness Course in York
Pulsar have released the final date of their Noise Awareness Course programme for 2017 to be held in September. The popular 1 day face-to-face course is designed to give the person responsible for health and safety compliance at work an insight into the harmful effects of noise, acoustic terminology and principles, statutory duties and Legislation, risk assessment/noise survey techniques, and how ...
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Noise Awareness and Noise Management training
Employers have a legal responsibility to ensure the health and safety of their workers whilst at work. Business owners, managers and team leaders have a clear duty placed on them to implement and maintain the relevant procedures. As such, being able to show attendance to some noise awareness and noise management training would be advantageous. Pulsar Instruments have put together a day course ...
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Noise awareness courses for 2018
Get Noise At Work Aware Pulsar’s noise at work awareness training course is widely recognised by employers as a must have for anyone with health and safety responsibilities to ‘get noise at work aware’. The one day course is delivered by top industry experts and aims to improve (or refresh) your knowledge of the current legislation, noise risks, noise theory, risk ...
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Top of its Class for Occupational Noise Monitors
Advances in electronics and acoustics have transformed cumbersome, limiting and often complex meters into dependable, robust and easy to use occupational noise monitors to ensure compliance with the Control of Noise at Work Regulations (2005). Pulsar Instruments offer complete noise monitoring solutions for use in factories, workshops, warehouses, construction and demolition sites, transport, ...
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[Training] Noise & Vibration Training Courses from Cirrus Research
Noise & Vibration Training Courses from Cirrus To help you get the best from your noise and vibration measurement equipment, Cirrus provides a range of training workshops, courses and online resources. In addition to the planned workshops and courses, we can also offer bespoke training so please get in touch if you have any questions or if you would like arrange training for you or your ...
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The Vienna airport mediation: point of view of the Vienna Ombuds-Office for Environmental Protection
A history of increasing citizen opposition to the continuous increase in aircraft traffic and associated noise around Vienna airport came to a head because neither the airport authority nor the local authority consulted local interest groups about plans for a third runway. Eventually, the airport operating company decided to address public concerns and set up an environment mediation process. The ...
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Noise in the printing industry: Safeguarding the hearing of workers
Why failing to monitor noise levels could open your company to lawsuits Noise at work might be synonymous with construction and manufacturing industries but it can also be a significant problem in the printing trade. Failing to monitor and control noise levels in the printing industry can result in workers suffering from noise-induced hearing loss (also known as NIHL), which can subsequently ...
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Small yet robust - Case study
Cirrus Research’s doseBadge provides the perfect solution for dB Consultation. From manufacturing and engineering, to the entertainment industry and schools, noisy environments need to be monitored both for the welfare of employees and the wider community. Following the introduction of The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005, businesses need to be aware of their employees hearing ...
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Noise at Work Regulations -10 years in 10 facts
April 2016 sees the 10th Anniversary of the Control of Noise at Work Regulations (2005) which came into force in April 2006. As far as safety regulations go, the Control of Noise at Work Regulations may be one of the less visible in a heavy portfolio of Health and Safety responsibilities. However, huge progress has been made in the last ten years to raise the awareness of industrial deafness or ...
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Noise at Work - how loud is too loud
Noise at Work: How Loud is Too Loud? Excessive noise at work can be irritating, distracting and potentially harmful to workers’ physical and mental health. The problem is, many employers struggle to determine exactly what is an acceptable level of noise at work, perhaps not surprisingly given the subjectivity of terms like ‘excessive’ and ‘acceptable’. For example, ...
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Acoustic shock - what is it and how is it caused?
What is acoustic shock (and what’s the impact on the music industry)? Today (29 March 2018) saw a landmark judgement in the case of an orchestral viola player V the Royal Opera House. The judge found for the viola player and awarded a six-figure sum (£750,000 + costs) in compensation for hearing loss from acoustic shock. In the judges summing up, he said there was “No ...
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Understanding A-C-Z noise frequency weightings
What are the different frequency weightings and why do you need to know? Understanding the difference between noise frequency weightings may be one of the most important things you need to know about when measuring sound. This is because picking the wrong one on your sound level pressure meter could result in your results being irrelevant for the purpose and at worst invalid (not legally ...
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Pulsar Instruments and Interserve join forces on noise safety system
Noise measurement products manufacturer, Pulsar Instruments, has launched a mobile noise safety system, developed in partnership with Interserve Construction Limited, to be used at live construction environments. Interserve, the international support services and construction group, contacted noise at work experts, Pulsar Instruments, to help them come up with a solution to be trialed at their ...
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How to avoid noise becoming a danger
Noise can be very disturbing, particularly if you operate a plant with heavy machinery and power tools and the work involves the movement of vehicles and deliveries of materials. The Control of Noise at Work Regulations (2005) in the UK and other noise legislation around the world exist to ensure that workers do not suffer damage to their hearing. As such, any effort to controlling noise risk ...
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