Information and training
[ch 8: page 148]Where employees are exposed to noise which is likely to be at or above a lower exposure action value, Regulation 10 requires the employer to provide those employees and their representatives with “suitable and sufficient information, instruction and training”. This should include:
• the nature of risks from exposure to noise;
• the organisational and technical measures taken to comply with the requirements of Regulation 6;
• the exposure limit values and upper and lower exposure action values set out in Regulation 4;
• the significant findings of the risk assessment, including any measurements taken, with an explanation of those findings;
• the availability and provision of personal hearing protectors under Regulation 7 and correct use in accordance with Regulation 8(2);
• why and how to detect and report signs of hearing damage;
• the entitlement to health surveillance under Regulation 9 and its purposes;
• safe working practices to minimise exposure to noise; and
• the collective results of any health surveillance undertaken in accordance with Regulation 9 in a form calculated to prevent those results from being identified as relating to a particular person.
HSE, Controlling noise at work (www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/l108.pdf)