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Posted By Derek Williams
I would like some views regarding listening to music in a production area of a factory not noisy I will add, I believe that this makes hearing alarms or moving vehicles difficult when earpieces or in one case full headphones are being used.Some views please.
Derek.
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Posted By safety medic
Derek,
Good point and I would tend to agree that it shouldn't be allowed.
Many mobile phone have radios/MP3 players. Is a person listening to the radio or answering a call??? Which is more distracting, listening to a 'link' in between songs or listening to a person on the phone?? You wouldn't allow the mobile phone to be used whislt operating.
Its not just about hearing alarms, but also the distraction element when the noise of music/speaking is not background noise but actually the only noise the operator can hear.
Ban it and get Motzart over the loud speaker!
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Posted By Clare Gabriel
I believe that it is poor practice to allow employees to wear earpieces for a number of reasons:
1. You have no control over the level of volume the employee is listening to their music and unfortunately noise induced hearing loss - whether directly work related or to their MP3 player - as it is at work could be attributed to you
2. As you described while listening to their music they are not paying attention to what is going on in their surroundings - it is not clear what you do but in a factory I think it is essential that all senses are available SFAIRP (some have to wear hearing protection)
3. there are hazards associated with the trailing wires
It all sounds a bit 'spoil sport' but we have to be aware of both he potential for accident and also litigation - sadly
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Posted By John J
Derek,
You also run the risk of users transferring product into their ears if fitting them in with dirty hands.
Have you thought about providing a radio for the work area. We have in some areas and there is no issue on affecting alarms.
Radio 2 seems to be the station of choice,
John
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Posted By Derek Williams
Hi ,
Thanks for the feedback on this one, the radio seems to be the solution here, removing a danger and replacing it with more controlled system.Many Thanks.
Derek.
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Posted By Ali
You are better off wearing ear defenders that will allow conversation, but block out ambient noise. This is achieved through working at different frequencies. It is possible that allowing music may complicate matters through interference.
Ali
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