HARD LABOUR
[BY WARDS PC LAWYERS]
There will be new noise rules in Ontario workplaces as of July 1, 2016, pursuant to Ontarios Occupational Health and Safety Act [Regulation (381/15)]. These new rules will apply to many employers in Ontario, including:
- construction
- health care
- schools
- farming
- fire services
- police services
Notable new rules that will be in effect:
- all measures reasonably necessary in the circumstances to protect workers from exposure to hazardous sound levels
- noise-protection must include the provision and use of engineering controls, work practices and, where required (and permitted), hearing protection devices
- no worker is exposed to a sound level greater than an equivalent sound exposure level of 85 dBA, Lex,8, without making workers wear hearing protection measures
- hearing protection devices are secondary (not primary) noise-protection measures and will be permitted in only certain circumstances
- warnings signs are to be posted for areas where the sound level is greater than 85 regularly
- appropriate hearing protection training must be provided
Here is the new regulation.
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Jason Ward WARDS PC LAWYERS
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