Noise Measurements

What are OHS Noise Measurements? Why Should Noise Measurements Be Made in Workplaces?

"Noise Tests" are carried out within the scope of certain legal regulations and regulations within the scope of occupational safety and health. Various inspections are carried out in noisy working environments based on the Regulation on Protection of Employees from Noise Related Risks.

Working in a very noisy environment primarily decreases working efficiency. Apart from this, it causes various hearing problems in employees.

The limits allowed in the regulation are as follows:

- Highest exposure effective value LEX, 8h = 85dB (A)
- Lowest exposure effective value LEX, 8h = 80dB (A)
- Exposure limit values: (LEX, 8 hours) = 87 dB (A)

- Weekly noise exposure level determined with adequate measurement should not exceed 87 dB (A) exposure limit value.

Noise tests are required in the work environment, especially in cases where the evaluation of compliance with the law, noise is considered as a risk factor, in case of an occupational disease, when there is an increase in noise sources.

Noise measurements are usually carried out as environmental noise, ambient noise and personal noise exposure measurements. Noise measurements are the measurements required within the scope of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security Law No 4857 and Occupational Health and Safety Law No 6331.

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