Workplace Noise Assessments

The HSE estimate that over 1 million employees in the UK are working in conditions that put their hearing at risk.

The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 (Noise Regulations 2005) place a legal duty on employers to prevent or reduce risks to health and safety from exposure to noise at work and require that employers assess the level of noise exposure in the workplace, and establish what actions should be taken to protect their employees in order to comply with the law.

NWSS provide detailed investigations of workplace noise and determine individual exposure to occupational noise during a typical working day or week.  Work practices, PPE, site layout and source noise levels are assessed to provide the employer with a common sense approach to managing workplace noise to the satisfaction of the HSE.

Operating throughout the country, NWSS has gained expertise on a large range of industrial sites and can assist in assessing and managing noise; identifying sources of problems, modelling and predicting values for new/existing plant, proposing mitigation measures and producing noise management plans.

Our reports are provided in a clear, concise format based on the appropriate guidance, and may also use mapping software to clearly identify noise hot spots and areas of mandatory hearing protection.

We have a large number of fully calibrated sound level meters and personal noise dosimeters at our disposal to provide an efficient service.