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Work Health and Safety (Managing Noise and Preventing Hearing Loss at Work) Code of Practice 2015
made under the
Work Health and Safety Act 2011, section 274 (Approved Codes of Practice)
1 Name of instrument
This instrument is the Work Health and Safety (Managing Noise and Preventing Hearing Loss at Work) Code of Practice 2015.
2 Commencement
This instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
3 Code of Practice Approval
I approve the Managing Noise and Preventing Hearing Loss at Work Code of Practice. I am satisfied that this code of practice was developed by a process described in section 274(2) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.
Michaelia Cash Minister for Employment
17 December 2015
Date
MANAGING NOISE AND PREVENTING HEARING LOSS AT WORK
Code of Practice
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD 5 1. INTRODUCTION 6 1. Who has health and safety duties in relation to noise? 6 2. The meaning of key terms 6 3. What is required to manage the risks of hearing loss? 7 2. NOISE AND ITS EFFECT ON HEALTH AND SAFETY 9 1. How does hearing loss occur? 9 2. How much noise is too much? 9 3. Other effects of noise 10 3. HOW TO identify the hazards 12 3.1 How to find noise hazards 12 3.2 What happens next? 13 4. HOW TO ASSESS THE RISKS 14 4.1 When should a risk assessment be conducted? 14 4.2 Who can do a noise assessment? 14 4.3 How should a noise assessment be done? 14 4.4. What information should be included in a noise assessment report? 15 5. HOW TO CONTROL THE RISKS 16 5.1 The hierarchy of risk control 16 5.2 Substituting plant or processes to reduce noise 16 5.3 Using engineering controls 17 5.4 Isolating the source of noise 17 5.5 Using administrative controls 18 5.6 Using personal hearing protectors 19 5.7 Audiometric testing 21 5.8 Information, training and instruction 22 5.9 Implementing and maintaining control measures 22 6. HOW TO REVIEW CONTROL MEASURES 24 7. ROLE OF DESIGNERS, MANUFACTURERS, SUPPLIERS AND INSTALLERS 25 7.1 Designers 25 7.2 Manufacturers 27 7.3 Suppliers and importers 28 7.4 Installers 28 7.5 What information should be provided to potential users? 28 Appendix A – other Causes OF Hearing Loss in the workplace 30 APPENDIX B – NOISE HAZARD IDENTIFICATION CHECKLIST 35 APPENDIX C – READY RECKONER 36 Appendix D – Contents of a noise assessment report 41 Appendix E – engineering CONTROL MEASURES 42
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