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Document ID (ISN)58596
CIS number 92-1076
Year 1978
Convention or series no. CCH Australia 67-960
Title Health (Hearing Conservation) Regulations 1978 [Australia - Victoria]
Bibliographic information 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.
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.
Descriptors (primary) hearing protection; noise control; Victoria; Australia
Descriptors (secondary) responsibilities of employers; noise level; audiometric tests; law; replaced
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceVictoria
Subject(s) Standards and directives with the force of law
Broad subject area(s) Physical hazards
Browse category(ies) Noise
Hearing protection