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Posted By brian mills
Hi guys,
As you will already know consultation has already taken place regarding the above regs and are due to be implemented 2004/5.
The new regs will bring the first action level to 80 dB and the second action level to 85dB.
But as a safety professional I find that more and more EAR plugs are not being used correctly, this is because the users have never been shown the correct method of inserting EAR plugs.
I wonder if the new legislation is a result of an increased amount of instances of hearing impairment due to wrongly used PPE?
As an auditor I know that everytime I go to site I will always catch sight of somebody wearing EAR plug hearing protection incorrectly.
Indeed this is happening so frequently I have sent our stores personnal on a training course for the provision and use of PPE to specifically address this issue.
I also have it in our induction package and have it as a tool box talk, that is presented during staff H&S training.
I wonder if any of you guys have any thought on this mater and of how the new legislation will be affecting your operations?
regards!
Brian
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Posted By Paul Leadbetter
Brian
The proposed legislation is necessary to get rid of the political fudge that gave us the present action levels.
You are right, though; many people do not wear their hearing protection properly (so that they can hear better!). People just don't appreciate the handicap of deafness until it is too late because it doesn't hurt and it doesn't show.
Paul
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