Noise At Work

Noise at work is common in today's world and can often be a contributing factor towards hearing loss. Noise induced hearing loss is one such problem that arises from occupational noise in the workplace and is the most common occupational disease in Europe to date. Noise induced hearing loss accounts for roughly one third of all work related diseases and ranks above both skin and respiratory complaints. In the United Kingdom, there are some 170,000 people that suffer from ear conditions such as deafness, tinnitus or other ear problems that are the direct result of excessive noise during their employment. These complications are always permanent and are caused due to the destruction of hair cells in the cochlea, this initially results in the loss of hearing high pitched noises and can often extend to loss of lower pitched sounds later in life.

Noise at work usually results in noise induced hearing loss when employees are exposed to loud noise over a prolonged period of time, but brief exposure to impulsive noise such as loud power tools or metal on metal contact can also have permanent effects in loss of hearing, so precaution should always be taken.

Noise at work can almost always have some form of prevention or and by contacting us here at the Noise at Work Consultancy we can arrange for you to have a noise risk assessment that will evaluate all the area within your workplace where noise could potentially be a problem, having such an assessment can help you to identify prevention methods that could potentially reduce any possible future claims against you for noise induced hearing loss and in accordance with the Control of Noise at Work regulations 2005 should be considered a necessity to safeguard your company.

Should you require any additional information on noise at work, be it prevention or assessments, then please contact us. We are always happy to help and we do our utmost in helping you find the perfect solutions and arrangements for having a survey carried out.