RESOURCES - Safety Reps Guide to Noise at Work

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The TUC has published a safety reps' guide to noise at work. It provides information on the law and on what can be done to ensure employers do not put the hearing of their workers at risk. TUC warns that hearing problems caused by noise at work are an ongoing problem. Official estimates suggest 170,000 people in the UK suffer deafness, tinnitus or other ear conditions as a result of exposure to excessive noise at work. And over 1 million employees in Great Britain are still exposed to levels of noise that puts their hearing at risk.

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