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Minuendo Smart Alert is a safety device designed to protect those exposed to noise from potential hearing damage. It continuously monitors sound levels in real time and sends alerts when noise exceeds safe thresholds. Unlike traditional earplugs, this doesn’t block or distort sound but instead helps users act before damage occurs. The device is compact, easy to wear, and integrates…
On construction sites there are many different noise sources, and the construction industry is a high risk for noise related ill health. For hoist operators, one of the major noise sources is the impact noise when opening and closing hoist doors and lifting or lowering the ramp. By retrofitting parts of the hoist such as the chains and ramp with…
A clear noise test summary board was devised to communicate the permissible tools to be used at set times given the KPMG Headquarters had staff working on the 11th and 13th floor above and below the working floor. The board shows the type of activities which can be carried out and machinery which can be used at different times of…
The site foreman created a Noise Assessment sheet for site operatives The sheet was created as a poster and is displayed in the welfare area to raise awareness of the noise levels of various machinery which is used on site. The poster promotes noise levels from 1m and also whether ear protection is required when tracking machinery.
We have undertaken a toolbox talk where operatives wearing an Apple Watch can set the watch up to give notifications on noisy environments. When noisy environments are experienced, the watch notifies the user that prolonged exposure may damage your hearing. We found that most of our workforce wearing an Apple Watch were previously unaware of this feature.
After the One Body dust awareness campaign, the project identified that more quantified evidence was required to understand the dust levels that operatives were being exposed to. The evidence could then be used to help combat the health implications of exposure to dust. The project worked with the client’s on-site health provider, Park Health, to undertake personal noise and dust…
The site team currently has 38 supervisors and managers on site all of which have these monitors attached to their PPE at all times. The feedback has been excellent as it provides each individual instant indication of noise levels in the immediate vicinity. This subsequently enables them to notify other persons in the area to use hearing protection. The noise…
When spraying concrete on a freshly excavated section of tunnel, noise produced from the compressed air concrete stream combined with the excessive dust are key health issues issues for the nozzlemen and other members of the spraying team that need to be addressed. Fresh air supply and dedusting extraction ventilation systems help but it is necessary to protect the personnel…