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SUMMARY
$his report documents noise levels ta"en during an assessment of% your company &peratives noise e posure' It !as carried out on !hen at the (here It includes recommendations of actions to be carried out to ensure that your company Staff comply !ith the re)uirements of *$he Control of noise at !or" regulations +,,* !hich became applicable in April +,,.'

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Recommendations'' Noise Assessment '' Discussion '' ''

$ables of Results Colour Coding for #5/%d 6alues in 7$able 18 '' $able of Results 7$able 18 Appendi 1 Appendi + Appendi 2 Appendi 1 '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' 1, 11 11 1+ 1. 1; 13

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1. Objectives
$o carry out an assessment of 5ngineers noise e posure in accordance !ith *$he Control of Noise at (or" Regulations +,,-= 7ref 18% !hich came into force April +,,.'

2. Conclusions
5ngineers !or"ing in the follo!ing areas may be e posed to noise levels above the #o!er Action 6alue 7#A68 of 3,d> 7A8' $hey may also be e posed to noise levels above the ?pper Action 6alue 7?A68 of 3-d> 7A8' $he e posure times are sho!n in table 1' Left in as an example Generator Room 5ngineers !or"ing in this 9enerator room !ill be e posed to a daily #5/%d at or Above the ?pper Daily Action 6alue 7?A68@ of 3-d>7A8A

Sprinkler Pump room 5ngineers !or"ing in this area !ill be e posed to a daily #5/%d at or above the #o!er Daily Action 6alue 7#A68@ of 3,d>7A8A $he *pea"= sound pressure levels did not e ceed the #A6 of 12-d>7C8 in any area'

@ See Appendi 1 for 9lossary of $erms

. Recommen!ations
2'1 In order to comply !ith $he Control of Noise at (or" regulations +,,- it is recommended that the follo!ing actions are ta"en'

Re"ulation # $ Assessment o% t&e risk to &ealt& an! sa%et' create! b' e(posure to noise in t&e )orkplace* $his report records the measurements ta"en as part of this noise assessment' $he assessment should be revie!ed and updated under the follo!ing conditions a' Changes in the !or" place such as alterations to the building% b' Changes in people such as ne! staff or changes to shift roster% c' Ne! plant or machinery% d' After a period of t!o years has passed !ith no other changes' It should be noted that as plant ages its noise level may rise' It is recommended that assessments are "ept for a period of 1, years' If the company ceases to trade then the reports must be passed to the enforcing authority' Re"ulation + $ ,limination or control o% e(posure to noise in t&e )orkplace* Your Company should ensure that the ris" from e posure to noise for their employees is either eliminated at source or !here this is not reasonable practicable% then it is reduced to as lo! a level as is reasonably practicable' Due to the nature of the generators used it is not possible to reduce any further the noise levels engineers !ill be e posed to' Re"ulation - . /earin" Protection /ersonal hearing protection should only be used as a last resort !hen all possible noise reduction measures have been achieved under regulation .' <or employees !ho are li"ely to be e posed to #5/%d at or above the #o!er Action 6alue 7#A68 of 3,d>7A8 but belo! the Bigher Action 6alue 7BA68 3-d>7A8 suitable hearing protection must be made available % ho!ever the !earing of such protection is optional but advisable' <or areas !here the employees #5/%d has been identified as e ceeding the ?A6 of 3-d>7A8 then the !earing of suitable Bearing protection is compulsory' $hese areas shall also be mar"ed as Hearing Protection Zones and mar"ed as !ith appropriate signage' $he signs used shall comply !ith the Bealth C Safety 7Safety Signs and Signals8 Regulations 144.' $he regulations also have an 5 posure #imit value 75#68 of 3; d> 7A8 this value to be calculated ta"ing into account personal hearing protection !orn by operatives' 9uidance issued by the BS5 states that under real use hearing protectors !ill give lo!er protection than predicted by the manufacturer' $his can be caused by the !earing of spectacles% incorrect selection of protection or poor fitting of protection' $o ta"e these factors into account the BS5 recommend that the protector is deDrated by 1d>' -

$a"ing this into account together !ith the noise levels and e posure time as sho!n in table 1% the hearing protection provided 7as approved by Your Company EBS department8 !ill provide ade)uate attenuation and "eep their noise e posure belo! the 5#6 of 3;d>7A8' Re"ulation 0 . Maintenance an! use o% e1uipment Your Company shall ensure that all e)uipment under their control on site 7e'g' e haust silencers% shrouds and acoustic enclosures8 are in accordance !ith these Regulations% fully maintained and "ept in good repair in accordance !ith manufacturerFs instructions' 5mployees shall use as instructed any and all hearing protection as issued by the company% they shall "eep it clean and in good condition and stored in a clean dry location' Also all defects are to be immediately reported to the site Supervisor so that the protection can be replaced' Re"ulation 2 $ /ealt& Surveillance Your Company should provide health surveillance to engineers regularly e posed to noise levels above the ?A6 of 3- d> 7A8' <or engineers e posed to noise levels bet!een the #A6 and ?A6% or for occasional e posure above the ?A6% health surveillance !ill only be re)uired if information comes to light that the engineer may be particularly sensitive to noiseDinduced hearing loss 7NIB#8' Re"ulation 13 . 4n%ormation 5 4nstruction an! 6rainin" Your Company !ill provide to each of their employees !ho are liable to be e posed to a #5/%d e)ual to or above the #A6 Instruction% information and training of the follo!ing sub0ectsA 7a8 7b8 7c8 7d8 7e8 7f8 7g8 7h8 7i8 $he nature of ris"s from e posure to noise% $he organisational and technical measures ta"en in order to comply !ith the re)uirements of Regulation .% $he e posure limit values and upper and lo!er e posure levels set out in Regulation 1% $he significant findings of the ris" assessment% including any measures ta"en !ith an e planation of those findings% $he availability and provision of personal hearing protection under Regulation ; and the correct use in accordance !ith Regulation 37+8% (hy and ho! to detect and report signs of hearing damage% $he entitlement to health surveillance under Regulation 4 and its purposes% Safe !or"ing practices to minimise e posure to noise% $he collective results of any health surveillance underta"en in accordance !ith regulation 4% in a form designed to prevent those results being identified as relating to a particular person'

$he Bealth and Safety 5 ecutive 7BS58 provide videos% literature and publications that could assist Your Company in meeting the re)uirements of these Regulations' 5 amplesA BS5 IND92.+7rev 18 IND92.27rev 18 Noise tool bo tal" pac" IS>N ,D;1;.D+443D3 Noise at (or"G 9uidance for employers on the Control of Noise at (or" Regulations +,,-' /rotect your Bearing or loose it'

BS5 free and priced publications are available by mail order from BS5 >oo"s /& >o 1444 Sudbury Suffol" C&1, +(A $el ,;3;3311.(ebsite !!!'hseboo"s'co'u" NoteH $he actions re)uired under the Control of Noise at (or" Regulations +,,- are summarised in appendi 2'

7. 8oise Assessment
An assessment of the noise e posure for Your Company staff !ithin the various areasF !as carried out using a inset details of e)uipment used for the noise survey' Confirmation of calibration !as conducted using a inset details of e)uipment used8 both before and after testing' Copies of the company calibration certificates are sho!n in appendi +' :easurements !ere ta"en of *A= !eighted sound pressure levels 7#Ae)8 at the operativeFs ear position !hile they carried out the running chec"s of each generator' $he daily personal e posure level 7#5/%d 8 !as then calculated from the measured noise 7#Ae)8 and the amount of time an operative !as li"ely to be e posed to said noise' $he 7#5/%d8 values !ere rounded up to the nearest !hole number' In addition the */ea"= sound /ressure 7#Cpea"8 !as measured' 7After discussion !ith the Your Company Site Supervisor it !as decided to carry out a single assessment to cover Your Company staff !or"ing on site' $his area for details of !hat access to noisy areas is underta"en 8 7 describe the methodology used to underta"e the assessment8 $able 1 sho!s the measured #Ae) noise levels and the calculated #5/%d 6alues for operatives as they chec" the ( for example only ) generators function% and chec" /lant room ' $he Site &peratives !or" the follo!ing hoursA :onday to <riday 3 hours per day' $he values )uoted in table 1 have been calculated from a nominal 3 hour day' $he locations at !hich noise assessments !ere carried out in the various areas is sho!n in the diagrams in appendi 1'

#. 9iscussion
This section left as an example of what information would be here $he assessment sho!s entry to the 9enerator room !ill e pose operatives to noise levels above the second action 6alue therefore the 9enerator room is only to be entered !hen !earing Your Company approved hearing protectors' It is recommended that the protectors are 5B1+ hearing protectors' It is also noted that this is a containerised unit and company policy is not to enter !hen running' $he hearing protection specified by Your Company is ade)uate for the noise level encountered and !ill reduce the noise levels by +-d>' Bo!ever the BS5 guidance states thatA */ersonal hearing protection should only be usedA (here there is a need to provide additional protection beyond !hat has already been achieved through noise control measures under regulation .'=

Colour co!in" %or :,P5! ;alues in 6able 1

$he #5/%d values in $able 1 have been highlighted to reflect the different e posure limit values and action levels of *$he Control of Noise at (or" Regulations +,,-= for employeeFs noise e posure' $he table belo! gives an e planation of the colours used'
A Daily (LEP,d) or Weekly (LEP,w) below the Lower Action Value (LAV) of 80dB(A) and a Peak ound !re ure (L"Peak ) below #$% dB( " )& A Daily (LEP,d) or Weekly (LEP,w) abo'e the Lower Action Value (LAV) of 80dB(A) and a Peak ound !re ure (L"Peak ) at or abo'e #$% dB(" )& A Daily (LEP,d) or Weekly (LEP,w) at or abo'e the (!!er Action Value (LAV) of 8%dB(A) and a Peak ound !re ure (L"Peak ) abo'e #$% dB(" )&

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$able 1 Record of Noise assessments SiteA your site &perative AssessedA name of operative Date of AssessmentA ++/11/+,,3

This spreadsheet to be completed using data from the test equipment the ambient noise level can be measured while walking from point to point

Location
/enerator roo2!rinkler Pu-! rooA-bient noi e

*oi e Le'el )e t L" !eak Lea, )i-e #00&1 88&% $ -in #03&# 8#&% % -in %4&5 %$&5 #0 -in

Daily E.!o ure $ -in #0 -in 0&3% 6our

LEP,d *o+ condition dB(A) E.!+ d co--ent 10&0 # ee (#) below 1%&0 # ee (#) below %3&0 # ee (#) below

CommentsA Left as example $his gives a total #5/%d of .3 d>7A8 for an 5ight hour Shift $his is belo! the #o!er action 6alue ho!ever it is recommended that Bearing protection be !orn !hile !or"ing in these areas' It is also recommended that Bearing /rotection signs are fi ed to the e ternal doors to the pump room and 9enerator container door'

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Appen!i( 1* Glossar' o% 6erms

Soun! 8oise Soun! Pressure 9ecibel <!=> $hat !hich is detected by the ear' Any audible sound' $he variation of ambient pressure that is detected by the ear as sound' $en times the logarithm of the s)uare of the ratio of the sound pressure to a reference pressure 7+, micro /ascals8'

Soun! Pressure :evel <:P> $he Decibel version of SoundD/ressure' A ?ei"&tin" A fre)uency !eighting that simulates the response of the ear' Sound /ressure #evels !ith the IAF !eighting have a unit of d>7A8' $he 6alue of the Sound /ressure #evel in d>% of a continuous sound !hich has the same mean s)uare sound pressure as a sound !hich varies !ith time% i'e'% the average sound pressure level' $he * daily personal noise e posure level=' $his is the level of daily personal noise e posure of an employee% ta"ing no account of the effect of any personal hearing protector used' $he * !ee"ly personal noise e posure level=' $his is the level of !ee"ly personal noise e posure of an employee% ta"ing no account of the effect of any personal hearing protector used' $he pea" sound pressure level in d>7C8 A #5/%d or #5/%! personal e posure of 3,d>7A8 and #Cpea" of 12- d>7C8' A #5/%d or #5/%! personal e posure of 3-d>7A8 and #Cpea" of 12; d>7C8' A #5/%d or #5/%! personal e posure of 3;d>7A8 and #Cpea" of 11, d>7C8'

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:Cpeak :o)er Action ;alue Upper Action ;alue

,(posure :imit ;alue

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Appen!i( 2* 8oise instrumentation Certi%ication

Calibration !as chec"ed both before and after measurement sessions and !as at 41 J/D ,'1 d>' Scan and insert the 5)uipment calibration certificates after here samples left as e amples

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Summary of actions re)uired by $he Control of Noise at (or" Regulations +,,Action Required Where LEP.d or LEP,w is likely to be = (See note (1) below )
R e g ula tio n 5 a s s e s s m e n t o f th e ris k to he a lth & s a f e ty c re a te d by e xpo s ure to n o is e in t he Wo rk pla c e Undertake an assessment by a co mpetant perso n o f the risk fro m no ise to the health & safety o f emplyees A ssess the levels o f no ise to which wo rkers are expo sed, review the risk when the assessment is no lo nger valid and keep a reco rd o f the assessment .

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Abo#e !" d (A) LA$ (%)

Abo#e !& d (A) 'A$ (()

Abo#e !) d (A) EL$ (*)

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R e g ula tio n 6 - E lim ina tio n o r C o nt ro l o f e xpo s ure to N o is e in th e o rk pla c e

Risk fro m expo sure to no ise is either eliminated at so urce o r, reduced to the lo west level as is practicable.

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Reduce expo sure to as lo w as is reaso nably practicable by establishing and implimenting a pro gramme o r o rganisatio nal and technical measures excluding hearing pro tecto rs. Ensure Emplo yees are no t expo sed abo ve E ! "taking into acco unt hearing pro tectio n#$ o r if no t exceded, reduce to belo w E !, %dentify reaso ns fo r exceeding again. R e g la tio n 6 - !e a ring " ro te c tio n & ake 'earing ( rptectio n available o n re)uest to an emplyee who is so expo sed ( ro vide hearing pro tectio n available to any emplo yee who is expo sed and designate area as a 'earing ( ro tectio n *o ne R e g ula tio n # $ a in ta in a c e a nd us e o f E %uipm e n t Ensure so far as is practicable that all e)uipment under the Regulatio ns is used " o ther than hearing pro tectio n pro vided # and ensure that all e)uipment is maintained and in go o d repair

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R e g ula tio n & - !e a lth ' ur( a le n c e Ensure Emplo yees identified as being at risk fro m no ise are placed under suitable health survalance " including testing o f hearing#, and keep a suitable reco rd o f Emplo yee health survelance .

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emplo yees to co +o perate with any health sureveillance pro ggramme inplimented by the emplo yer

R e ula tio n )* - +nf o rm a tio n , +ns truc tio n a nd tra in ing ( ro vide ade)uate info rmatio n, %nstructio n and training to emplo yees abo ut the likely no ise expo sure and the risk to hearing. ,hat is being do ne to co ntro l Risks and expo sure . 'o w they can o btain hearing pro tectio n, ho w to repo rt defects, Emplo yees duties, ,hat health survelance will be pro vided,what sympto ms o f hearing lo ss to lo o k fo r and ho w to repo rt them E m plo ye e -s . utie s R e g ula tio n # - $ a in t a ina nc e a n d us e o f E % uipm e n t & ake full and pro per use o f perso nal hearing ( ro tectio n and any o ther co ntro l measures pro vided under the regulatio ns, and repo rt any defects disco vered to the emplo yer.

Appen!i( 7* :ocations o% rea!in"s Simple drawings of the points of test

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Indicates the points !here readings !ere ta"enA

Sprinkler Pump room

/ump sets

9enerator Control panel

Generator Room

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