Health and Safety Law 2024 (October 2024)
Loud noise at work can damage hearing and it usually happens gradually. More than a million employees in Great Britain are exposed to levels of noise which put their hearing at risk, according to the HSE. In 2023, an HSE Workplace Health Expert Committee report, The likely prevalence of occupational noise induced hearing loss across British industry, set out that a fifth of the working population in Great Britain could be exposed to high noise levels exceeding 85dBA.
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