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Health (Hearing Conservation) Regulations 1978

Repealed!
Jurisdiction Australia - Victoria
Year 1978
Published in English
Source In: Australian Industrial Safety, Health and Welfare, CCH Australia Ltd., CNR Talavera & Khartoum Roads, Box 230, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia, Vol.2, 4p. (pages numbered 62,765 - 62,768). Illus.
Serial number CCH Australia 67-960
Descriptors [Primary] Australia, Victoria, hearing protection, noise control
[Secondary] audiometric tests, law, noise level, replaced, responsibilities of employers
Subject category Physical hazards
Abstract Consolidated version of these regulations, which were made in 1978 and which came into operation on 1 Jan. 1979, as amended to 1979. Contents: workers covered by the regulations (workers in mines and quarries are excluded); obligation of employer to reduce noise levels when the Daily Noise Dose exceeds 1.0 or an employee is exposed to noise levels >115dB(A) slow; warning signs; remedial steps; employee obligations; exemptions; audiometric tests; penalties. In the schedules: calculation of Daily Noise Dose.
CIS No. 92-1076
Database ID 58596

 

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