NOISE AT WORK - GUIDE FOR SAFETY REPS

[brothermagrew]

LTB 149/09 - Noise at Work – A Guide for Health and Safety Representatives:


Noise at Work - A Guide for Health and Safety Representatives:
Hearing problems caused by noise at work are far too common. The HSE estimates that 170,000 people in the UK suffer deafness, tinnitus or other ear conditions as a result of exposure to excessive noise at work.

Once your hearing is gone it will not come back, however it is easily preventable simply by removing or reducing the exposure to noise. Yet even today over 1 million employees in Great Britain are exposed to levels of noise which put their hearing at risk.

This guide gives information to health and safety representatives on what the law is and what they can do to ensure that their employer does not put the hearing of their workers at risk.

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[woofwoof]

what about the rights where people cann hear and u have 1 moaning twat that does not want the radio on

[brothermagrew]

what about the rights where people cann hear and u have 1 moaning twit that does not want the radio on

It would depend on what valid grounds if any the moaning person has for having the radio turned completely off

[woofwoof]

what about the rights where people cann hear and u have 1 moaning twit that does not want the radio on

It would depend on what valid grounds if any the moaning person has for having the radio turned completely off

he does not like the radio on thats his issue so they turn it off

[DGP1]

what about the rights where people cann hear and u have 1 moaning twit that does not want the radio on

It would depend on what valid grounds if any the moaning person has for having the radio turned completely off

he does not like the radio on thats his issue so they turn it off

IPod is your answer (works for me).

[johnnyp]

what about the rights where people cann hear and u have 1 moaning twit that does not want the radio on

It would depend on what valid grounds if any the moaning person has for having the radio turned completely off

he does not like the radio on thats his issue so they turn it off

IPod is your answer (works for me).

Me too But youre not really supposed to use them according to our managers.

[DGP1]

what about the rights where people cann hear and u have 1 moaning twit that does not want the radio on

It would depend on what valid grounds if any the moaning person has for having the radio turned completely off

he does not like the radio on thats his issue so they turn it off

IPod is your answer (works for me).

Me too But youre not really supposed to use them according to our managers.

With the earphones in I can't hear them

[johnnyp]

Nice one mate

[woofwoof]

well dont have an accident cos the ear phones will be the cause there goes your claim and you will get a stage warning as you should not wear them

[DGP1]

well dont have an accident cos the ear phones will be the cause there goes your claim and you will get a stage warning as you should not wear them

The manager can see clearly that I have earhones in so he's failing in his duty by not ensuring that I do not use them (it's not a defence to say 'I told them not to do it' and then do nothing else about it).

[woofwoof]

well dont have an accident cos the ear phones will be the cause there goes your claim and you will get a stage warning as you should not wear them

The manager can see clearly that I have earhones in so he's failing in his duty by not ensuring that I do not use them (it's not a defence to say 'I told them not to do it' and then do nothing else about it).

so mr disgruntledpostie1 how could you avoid not hearing the fire alarm ,ermmmm maybe take my ear phones out stage 3 your out

[DGP1]

well dont have an accident cos the ear phones will be the cause there goes your claim and you will get a stage warning as you should not wear them

The manager can see clearly that I have earhones in so he's failing in his duty by not ensuring that I do not use them (it's not a defence to say 'I told them not to do it' and then do nothing else about it).

so mr disgruntledpostie1 how could you avoid not hearing the fire alarm ,ermmmm maybe take my ear phones out stage 3 your out

Let me put this to you in a very simple way..............It's a mangers job not only to to implement H&S policy but to ENFORCE it.

Besides, I've never been told not to wear my earphones by any of the various managers that I've had, considering one of the managers also uses an IPod and another member of staff has hugh yellow ear defenders I think they'd find it difficult to punish me without punishing others.

And a last thing, the fire alarm is loud enough to waken the dead and as I can hear the people around me talking.