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Can anybody help with regard to the noise levels permitted in public houses where music is played. What are the permitted levels for both staff and the public, we realise that ear defenders may be required for bar staff.
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Music noise in bars is usually controlled through their alcohol or entertainment licence.
Environmental Health usually advises licensing board on this.
I've not heard of bar staff wearing hearing protection as overall noise level are controlled as above.
My memory is saying something about the direction speakers are pointed in to reduce direct noise to behind the bar - though this wouldn't cover glass collectors, security etc.
I think it will be licence requirements.
Lilian
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Jeb
As pubs are workplaces, the CNWR apply just as in any other workplace. Of course, working hours may be less than 40 per week so this needs to be taken into account.
I carried out a noise assessment in a local bar and found levels well over 100 dB(A) even before the band came on and turned their amps up to 11! The bar staff were issued with colourless ear plugs so that they wouldn't show!
LB
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The Noise at Work Regs would not apply to the public - since they are not at work, unlike the employees, who are. Noise exposure is all about dose (ie Noise level x time) so the public who go in for 2-3 hours are probably not going to have long term hearing damage (probably a temporary threshold shift only). The staff however may get 20-30 hours per week exposure, so the normal CNAW limits would apply. When the regs came in, there was a transition period for the ents industry, this expired in 2008. See this HSE link for more info http://www.hse.gov.uk/noise/musicsound.htm
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