FACTORY AND ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE ASSESSMENTS

Safety Management Solutions offers workplace noise assessments to comply with the Control of Noise at Work Regulation 851, section 139) and the Regulation for Oil and Gas-Offshore (Regulation 855, section 41). These amendments were made under O. Reg 565/06 and O. Reg 566/06, and came into effect July 1, 2007. outside the scope of the Noise at Work regulations are now affected.

If you want to know whether you have any duties under the new regulations, a quick check can be done as part of a normal site visit.  If noise is an issue, then if necessary a detailed occupational noise assessment can be undertaken, either of the whole site or for identified ‘problem’ areas. 

Day or nighttime measurements can also be done where complaints are arising from nearby domestic properties.  Using the provincial Standard.  Method for rating industrial noise affecting mixed residential and industrial areas, one can determine whether or not the factory noise is at such a level where complaints would be expected.
Environmental Health Officers will normally use the results from a assessment to help them decide whether a statutory nuisance exists, and whether an Abatement Notice should be issued.