http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3075/regulation/8The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Control of Noise at Work) Regulations 2007texttext/xmlenStatute Law DatabaseMERCHANT SHIPPING2019-06-28Expert Participation2010-04-26 These Regulations implement Council Directive 2003/10/EC (OJ No L 042, 15.2.2003, p.38) on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (noise) (seventeenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC). They apply to United Kingdom ships wherever they may be and non-United Kingdom ships in United Kingdom waters. The Regulations impose duties on employers to protect workers who may be exposed to risk from exposure to noise at work. Hearing protection81Without prejudice to the provisions in regulation 7, an employer shall make personal hearing protectors available to any worker who is or is likely to be exposed to noise above a lower exposure action value.2Without prejudice to the provisions in regulation 7, an employer shall ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that all workers who are exposed to noise which is at or above an upper exposure action value shall use personal hearing protectors.3If in any area of the ship under the control of the employer a worker is likely to be exposed to noise at or above an upper exposure action value for any reason, the employer shall ensure that—athe area is demarcated and identified by means of the sign specified for the purpose of indicating that ear protection must be worn in paragraph 3.3 of Annex II to Merchant Shipping Notice 1763; andbaccess to the area is restricted where this is practicable and the risk from exposure justifies it.4Any personal hearing protectors provided in accordance with this regulation shall be selected by the employer so as to eliminate the risk to hearing or to reduce the risk to as low a level as is reasonably practicable; such personal hearing protectors shall comply with the requirements of the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Personal Protective Equipment) Regulations 1999 .S.I. 1999/2205
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