Noise and vibration – Indoor Air Quality Blog https://airquality.me.uk Blog About Indoor Air Quality Issues and Investigations Mon, 10 May 2021 13:17:56 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.18 Control of Noise at Work Assessment https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/control-noise-work-assessment/ https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/control-noise-work-assessment/#respond Wed, 28 Feb 2018 12:08:28 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=2131 Assessing occupational exposure to noise Today’s project was an assessment of occupational exposure to noise in a factory which specialises in the production of grain milling and grains sorting machinery. The main production building is divided into three separate areas. The offices and welfare facilities are situated at the front of the building, while the […]

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]]> https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/control-noise-work-assessment/feed/ 0 Occupational exposure to noise in West Midlands https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/exposure-noise-west-midlands/ https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/exposure-noise-west-midlands/#respond Mon, 26 Feb 2018 15:14:38 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=2164 Is exposure to excessive noise dangerous? In this article we will be discussing our recent trip to the West Midlands, where we were asked to carry out an assessment of occupational exposure to noise in a factory. Statistically around 17,000 people in the UK suffer some degree of deafness, ringing in the ears or other […]

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]]> https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/exposure-noise-west-midlands/feed/ 0 Occupational exposure to noise in Kirkby in Ashfield https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/occupational-exposure-noise-kirkby/ https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/occupational-exposure-noise-kirkby/#respond Mon, 19 Feb 2018 12:07:26 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=2116 Exposure to excessive noises within the workplace Next we attended a factory in Kirkby in Ashfield that specialised in the production of decorative wooden cabinets. During their working day employees are expected to be exposed to loud noises for 9 hours and 40 minutes. Our client contacted us and instructed us to carry out an […]

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]]> https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/occupational-exposure-noise-kirkby/feed/ 0 Occupational exposure to noise in Whitley Bay https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/occupational-exposure-noise-2/ https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/occupational-exposure-noise-2/#respond Thu, 25 Jan 2018 10:44:55 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=2086 Control of noise in the workplace Our acoustic technicians carry out full monitoring and assessment of employee noise exposures, in accordance with the current Noise at Work Regulations. Individual tasks/jobs are assessed for risk of hearing damage and specific advice is then provided on any actions that may be required. Today we travelled to Whitley […]

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]]> https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/occupational-exposure-noise-2/feed/ 0 Occupational Exposure to Noise https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/occupational-exposure-noise/ https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/occupational-exposure-noise/#respond Mon, 11 Dec 2017 13:16:52 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=1924 Occupational Exposure to Noise  As an employer it is important for our clients to consider their employees health during the working day. Because of this our client approached us as they wanted to know the occupational exposure to noise for their employees as they work with noisy machinery. For this project we travelled to Great […]

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]]> https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/occupational-exposure-noise/feed/ 0 An assessment of Occupational Noise Exposure https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/assessment-occupational-noise-exposure/ https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/assessment-occupational-noise-exposure/#respond Fri, 01 Dec 2017 19:08:06 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=1812 Occupational Exposure to Noise Due to our thorough and high standard of service it is not uncommon for us to get invited back to companies we have previously carried out assessments for. This project was no exception as we were invited back by a regular client to carry out an assessment of occupational exposure to […]

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]]> https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/assessment-occupational-noise-exposure/feed/ 0 Workplace noise exposure assessment at Tyco https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/workplace-noise-exposure-assessment-tyco/ https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/workplace-noise-exposure-assessment-tyco/#respond Wed, 13 Sep 2017 12:44:13 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=1764 Recently we were asked to carry out an assessment of occupational exposure to noise at a manufacturing plant. It was our job to evaluate the daily personal exposure levels of employees to peak high intensity sound, and to identify sources of excessive noise and recommend suitable control measures. After completing our investigation we identified that […]

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]]> https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/workplace-noise-exposure-assessment-tyco/feed/ 0 Workplace noise exposure survey in a laboratory https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/workplace-noise-exposure-laboratory/ https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/workplace-noise-exposure-laboratory/#respond Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:04:42 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=1540 We have attended a dental a laboratory where the employees were being exposed to a relatively loud noise from various types of machinery. As usually performed during workplace noise exposure assessment we have talked to the laboratory manager who talked us through the daily routine and tasks perform in the laboratory by various people. Once […]

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]]> https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/workplace-noise-exposure-laboratory/feed/ 0 Noise exposure on a powder packaging line https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/noise-exposure-on-a-powder-packaging-line/ https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/noise-exposure-on-a-powder-packaging-line/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2015 12:57:07 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=1065 Control of noise in induction environment is an important challenge for health and safety managers. Some situation are inherently noisy and very difficult to control especially if old equipment is used and installations are complex. I have evaluated employees’ exposure to noise in a powder packaging unit. The unit consisted of one open plan packaging […]

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]]> https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/noise-exposure-on-a-powder-packaging-line/feed/ 0 Hand and arm vibration differences between operatives https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/hand-arm-vibration-differences-operatives/ https://airquality.me.uk/noise-and-vibration/hand-arm-vibration-differences-operatives/#respond Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:21:49 +0000 http://airquality.me.uk/?p=808 Hand and arm vibration measurements in industrial environment can sometimes show some unexpected results. I have recently carried out measurement of hand and arm vibration on two operatives in a small production facility. The company involved specialises in the manufacture of intrinsically safe electrical equipment. The site consists of one open plan unit, welfare facilities […]

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