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Morning looking for a bit of advice please. I work in a manafacturing plant that only has one mandatory hearing protection zone however we regularly carry out audiometry testing for all employees.
OH has notified me that we have 2 operatives with category 3 hearing loss and as such I will be completing a RA on their role and how this impacts on them, but I would like some help in deciding what needs to be looked at in it. What I am thinking so far are
1 - Emergency alarms and signals - during a normal working environment can the hear all emergency alarms and signals? We have strobes for Fire Alarms but not all machine alarms have strobes.
2 - If they are wearing hearing protection can they understand and hear instructions from fellow workmates?
3 - Thinking that I will ensure there is an increase in monitoring - normally 3years
4 - I believe it is a stable hearing loss so do not think I need to be concerned about the equipment too much, however I will check on the last time sound measurements were taken (New to this role)
Any advice you give would be greatly appreciated
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Andrew, the absence of a response suggets this is a topic normally outside the scope of most h&s practitioners. As such I think you need OH specialist to assist because without more detailed information it is merely guess work which could have an adverse outcome in the long term. That said, my limited response to your questions below.
1. Only by doing a drill or some other meaningful test can you establish this point.
2. As above.
3. OH are the people to ask.
4. I suggest you need reliable data on which to make an informed decision.
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Agree with Ray that it would be sensible to involve advice from an occupatational health specialist.
In terms of control measures to prevent hearing loss being made worse, it's a general principle of common law that you have an increased duty of care to those at especial risk.
That might mean decisions that would need lots of tact, e.g. to exclude those affected from higher risk areas or to insist on hearing protection being worn in lower noise level zones.
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