Transcription of CODE OF PRACTICE MANAGING NOISE AT WORKPLACES
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WorkSafeWesternAustraliaCOMMISSIONCODE OF PRACTICEMANAGING NOISEAT WORKPLACESCODE OF PRACTICEMANAGING NOISE AT WORKPLACESCOMMISSION2002 ELIMINATIONSUBSTITUTIONSOURCE CONTROLTRANSMISSIONCONTROLLAYOUTFOREWORD The Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 established the WorkSafe Western Australia Commission whichcomprises representatives of employers, unions, government and experts. The Commission has the function ofdeveloping the legislation and supporting guidance material and making recommendations to the Minister forimplementation. To fulfil its functions the Commission is empowered to establish advisory committees, holdpublic enquiries and publish and disseminate Commission s objective is to promote comprehensive and practical preventive strategies that improve theworking environment of Western code of PRACTICE has been developed through this tripartite consultative process and the views of employersand unions along with those of government have been following information should be read by employers, self-employed persons, managers, supervisors, andemployees as
Excessive noise means noise that exceeds the exposure standard for noise set in the Occupational Safety and Health Regulations or by the workplace’s noise control policy, whichever is the lower. The exposure standard for noise set in the Occupational Safety and Health Regulations is: • a daily noise exposure level, L Aeq,8h of 85 dB(A); or
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