Who is at risk from loud noise?
A wide range of workplaces and industries involve exposure to loud and prolonged noise: • workshops • sawmills • foundries • canning or bottling plants • pubs, clubs, live music venues and discos. • textile manufacture • farm work and forestry • construction and road building • call centres • classroom teaching • demolition or road repair • woodworking • plastics processing • engineering • general fabrication • forging, pressing or stamping • paper or board making The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) lists examples of tools, processes and equipment that can cause hearing loss: • hammering • drop forging • pneumatic impact tools etc • drills • chainsaws • explosive sources such as cartridge-operated tools or detonators, or guns But the list is by no means exhaustive eg telephones can also cause problems.
