The Regulations impose duties on employers to protect workers who may be exposed to risk from exposure to noise at work and include provisions covering:
(a) action values and limit values for daily and weekly exposure to noise; (b) risk assessment; (c) elimination or, where elimination is not reasonably practicable, reduction of exposure to noise; (d) actions to be taken at action values and limit values; (e) prohibition on exceeding limit values; (f) provision of individual hearing protection; (g) information, instruction and training; (h) health surveillance; and (i) consultation with workers.
