Category Archives for General News
Wrist mounted vibration transducers – not again!
Once more there are claims that wrist/glove mounted vibration transducers can be used to assess HAV risk in operators as per the British Standard (BS 5349). No they can’t. Thank you for listening… I would suggest that anyone considering using any of the wrist … Continue reading
Categories: General News |Radical update to noise risk management best practice launched at BOHS OH2017 conference
How to update the current (failing) noise risk management process to make it much more effective – and self-financing Noise Induced Hearing Loss claims of £400,000,000 per annum show that thousands of people are suffering hearing damage, most of which could … Continue reading
Categories: Construction / Demolition, General News, Noise Assessment, Noise Control, Training | Tags: Construction / Demolition, Noise control, noise training, Occupational Noise AssessmentsNoise competency update + risk management Master Class
The current noise risk management process has failed. This is how we fix it to reduce risk by c 90%… Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) claims currently running at about £400,000,000 per annum is unsustainable and demonstrates that current risk … Continue reading
Categories: Construction / Demolition, General News, Noise Assessment, Noise Control, Training | Tags: Construction / Demolition, Noise control, noise training, Occupational Noise AssessmentsHAV mis-measurement – to no standards whatsoever… New HSE guidance
Misunderstanding Hand Arm Vibration monitoring marketing material can put hands and safety policies at risk. Caveat emptor. Stop Press: 27/02/17: HSE has just issued new guidance on HAV measurement and management covering similar concerns. These may well change the way … Continue reading
Categories: Construction / Demolition, General News, Hand Arm Vibration, Training, Vibration | Tags: Hand-Arm Vibration, vibration trainingNew test, new best practice to reduce hearing damage risk
The availability of this new test will have a dramatic effect on the management of hearing loss prevention programmes… New technology has become available that provides companies with data that they can use to check the real world performance of their hearing … Continue reading
Categories: General News |Noise recording and analysis workshop
This is one of a number of highly rated, interactive and practical noise related workshops developed for Environmental Health Officers. They are held locally by a host authority, saving on travel, time – and at a fraction of the cost of … Continue reading
Categories: General News |Noise and HAV risk management – on site simplification
A simple way to cope with mobile plant and tools A question about a common problem that came up when giving a presentation at a recent IOSH meeting has a really simple answer. What struck me was the enthusiasm for … Continue reading
Categories: General News, Hand Arm Vibration, Noise Assessment, Noise Control, Training |Environmental Impact Award for INVC
INVC recognised at the UK Energy Innovation Awards This annual event is organised by the Energy Innovation Centre to celebrate the most successful innovations arising from collaborations between SMEs and the energy networks. In our case, we were awarded the … Continue reading
Categories: Construction / Demolition, Environmental noise, General News, Local Authorities, Noise Control |Fan Noise Control Master Class – 6th April 2017 – Slough
Learn how to cut fan noise attenuation project costs by 50% – 110%* Fans are the most common of all occupational and environmental noise sources (NPL figures suggest that two thirds of complaints about noise from industrial premises are related … Continue reading
Categories: Analysis Systems, Environmental noise, Fan noise control, General News, Local Authorities, Noise Control, Training |How to Recommend Self Financing Noise Control Instead of Ineffective PPE
International Occupational Hygiene Association (IOHA) Conference Paper: 27th April 2015 Peter Wilson: INVC Technical Director HSE Research – PPE is generally ineffective… HSE research proving that hearing protection is not effective across most industrial applications (our summary of the PPE … Continue reading
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