Occupational noise assessments

Determine the risks to hearing from noise in the workplace and provide recommendations to mitigate these risks.

For businesses with staff regularly exposed to high noise levels
Construction, manufacturing, music and entertainment (e.g. nightclubs, concerts, orchestras), aviation and sport (e.g. motorsport and shooting).

For health and safety
Demonstrating compliance with the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005.

Site layout (Depends on case): Scale drawings showing the working areas (and noise sources such as machinery, where applicable) are recommended. These drawings will be used to establish noise measurement locations and to aid in reporting and illustrate mitigation recommendations where appropriate.
Noise survey: The extent of the noise survey depends on the nature of the business and the existing working patterns. Noise measurements can involve several methods which can generally be described by measurement positions at or near the ear of staff, attaching microphones to staff with varied work patterns or working areas to monitor noise exposure across working activities, or fixed monitoring positions near noise emission sources (e.g. for commissioning machinery in-situ).

KataSoniKa acoustic engineering services are provided by:

Jalal Amine-Eddine
MEng(Hons) MIOA AMIMechE
Director of Acoustics
KataCliniKa Ltd.