New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2001 - REG 49

49 Noise management-particular risk control measures

(1) An employer must ensure that appropriate control measures are taken if a person is exposed to noise levels that:

(a) exceed an 8-hour noise level equivalent of 85 dB(A), or

(b) peak at more than 140 dB(C).

Maximum penalty: Level 4.

(2) For the purposes of subclause (1):

(a) the measurement is to be made in accordance with AS/NZS 1269.1:1998Occupational noise management Part 1: Measurement and assessment of noise imission and exposure , and

(b) exposure to noise is taken to be measured at the position of the ears of a person, or at an equivalent of that position, and

(c) the measurement is to be made on the assumption that the person is not wearing any device to protect himself or herself from noise.