Reduction of employees exposure to the noise emitted by a machine tool

Exposure of employees to the noise emitted by a machine tool is highly undesirable:

  • for employees themselves:
    • deteriorating working conditions, causing difficulties in communicating and in perceiving audible warning signals
    • causing discomfort, fatigue, stress or even hearing loss
  • for employers:
    • resulting, depending on the context, in loss of quality of workshop production, absenteeism, difficulties in filling some positions or even costs for compensation for deafness when...

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Noise reduction in workplace

Noise reduction in workplace is one of the actions that should be considered in the case of a daily noise exposure level above 85 dB (A) and / or a peak sound pressure level beyond 137 dB (C) pursuant to Decree No. 2006-892 of 19 July 2006 (in France).

However, many machines are, without / before soundproofing, likely to cause such noise levels, which then expose employees to auditory risks: in the case of sufficiently powerful noise sources, impacted workplaces can be located not only nearby...

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Reduction of the exposure to noise emitted by a single-facer corrugator (cardboard industry)

A single-facer corrugator is a machine allowing the production of single-sided corrugated cardboard from a web of paper which is formed between two cannulated cylinders, which are heated with saturated steam, and from glue, applied by the means of a cylinder in rotation.

This process is accompanied by significant noise emissions, likely to induce the exposure of workers to the risks due to noise, which is regulated by the Decree n ° 2006-892 of July 19, 2006 relative to the prescriptions of...

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