Posted By nickyjp Hi, I have to start noise and vibration assessments for my company (Civil Engineering Contractor) as reccommended in a recent safety audit. Could someone give me any idea of where to start? Do i make a list of every piece of plant / equipment that will cause noise / vibration, then make ut a risk assessment on each one? Will i need equipment for measuring decibels? Or would i be better getting an external company to carry out this stuff for me? Thanks for any replies.

Posted By Margaret Stokes You will find information and links to lots of potential information on noise at http://www.consultnet.ie/occupational%20noise.htm and vibration at http://www.consultnet.ie/vibration.htm. You will need to consider if the activities your employees are involved with meet the noise requirements of the appropriate noise regulations, similarily with vibration. However in the case of noise you may need to take some measurements to determine occupational exposure levels. In the case of vibration you may be able to estimate occupational exposure levels using for example the UK HSE calculation tool and referencing vibration information from the machine/tools manufacturer's database.

Posted By Ricky Guy I am carrying this out myself, I work for a civil engineering contractor. I have made contact with the manufacturers of the noise and vibration equipment which we bought, they are more than happy to come over and do a training session with the H&S Dept regarding assessments, and it was free, if you need any further info give me a shout. Ricky