Noise Assessment
Health & Safety Xpert™ Total Toolkit is an easy to use software package that will save you massive amounts of time producing crucial health and safety documentation legally required under current UK law. This includes the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and the new Construction Design Management (CDM) Regulations 2007.
The Noise Assessment printout is available with Health and Safety Xpert Total Toolkit. Click here to view a sample Noise Assessment PDF.
Under the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005, employers are required to protect people from exposure to harmful noise. The main requirements apply when noise exposure is above certain action levels, which is ascertained through a detailed risk assessment called a Noise Assessment.
Use the Noise Assessment printout included in Health and Safety Xpert software to record the noise assessments you carry out and the measures you will take to protect people from exposure to harmful noise. It also provides recommendations for PPE. The Health and Safety Executive recommends an assessment is necessary in any situation where people have difficulty hearing one another when 2 metres apart.
Tasks requiring Noise Assessment may include but are not limited to asphalt paving, blasting, carpentry, drilling/chipping/grinding/finishing concrete, crushing, driving crawler/tractor/dumper/excavator/grader/loader/roller/ wheeled tractor/wheeled loader, pouring, digging, scabbling, shovelling hardcore, guniting, shuttering, piling, sandblasting, re-inforcing and any other use of air-compressed tools.
It is important to file these records so that they could be consulted by an inspector if necessary. The PPE Register records the instructions given to the employee and that the employee understands the requirement to use and look after the PPE they have been issued with.