EU: Engineering industry noise

United Kingdom

The HSE has announced the formation of an Engineering Industry Noise Task Group, comprising representatives from industry and trade unions as well as specialists from HSE’s Engineering National Interest Group. The group will develop a fresh approach towards dealing with noise exposure in the engineering industry with the issue of the effectiveness of noise assessments and actions to reduce noise levels at source particularly from new machinery are highlighted for action. It is estimated that between a quarter and a third of the 170,000 people suffering from deafness, tinnitus or other ear conditions as a result of excessive noise at work have risen from the engineering industry.
(HSE Press Release, 8 September 1999)