Noise risk evaluation document
If your employees use equipment that generates noise in excess of 80db, you have a duty to measure the action value and to include it in the NOISE risk assessment document.
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Who is obliged to draw up the NOISE risk assessment document?
Employers assess employers' exposure to noise during work as provided for by art. 190 paragraph 1 when there is the presence of equipment that generates noise. If, following the assessment referred to in paragraph 1, it can be justifiably believed that the lower action value may be exceeded (80 dB), the employer must measure the noise levels to which employers are exposed and the results are reported in the assessment document.
What are the penalties for not having a NOISE risk assessment document?
The noise risk assessment document may be requested during inspections by ASL technicians or labour inspectors. In the event of failure to complete the document, the penalties that the employer may incur range from a minimum of €3,071 to a maximum of €7,862, as well as criminal sanctions.
Who is the service of drafting the document of assessment of the noise risk addressed to?
Our service is aimed at all commercial and artisan companies with a maximum of 15 employees and based in Italy. By purchasing the drafting service of the Noise Risk Assessment Document, you will be able to comply with the legal obligation quickly and effortlessly, thus avoiding the risk of incurring heavy penalties.
What does the Noise Risk Assessment Document drafting service consist of?
Once you have purchased the service, you will receive a check list to be completed with the company information that characterises your activity. In particular, you will have to indicate all the work equipment that generates noise, brand, model and daily duration of use. This document should be sent to the email address [email protected], enclosing the company's registration document. On the basis of this information, thanks to the use of innovative software and our twenty years of experience, we will draw up the noise risk assessment document for your company quickly and without the need to carry out inspections, acquiring the data from the databases approved by the Permanent Advisory Commission. If you have any doubts or need to discuss specific issues in more detail, you will be contacted by our staff by telephone.
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When is a noise risk assessment mandatory?
The noise risk assessment is always compulsory and concerns all companies that, regardless of the production sector to which they belong, have at least 1 employer exposed to noise sources. In the case of activities where this risk is absent, or in any case negligible, the employer is nevertheless obliged to assess it and indicate it in the DVR (risk assessment document).
How often must the noise risk assessment document be updated?
The noise risk assessment document must be updated every four years, unless the work process changes, by qualified personnel within the prevention and protection service. In the event of changes before the expiry of four years, the risk assessment must mandatorily be updated, as it is an integral part of the risk assessment document (DVR).
What are the penalties for not having a noise risk assessment document?
According to Article 219 of Legislative Decree 81/2008, there are certain sanctions, which can vary as follows:
- Arrest from 3 to 6 months or a fine starting from EUR 2,500 up to EUR 6,400. This sanction occurs in the event that the employer does not carry out the assessment of noise risks as established and at regular four-yearly intervals (reference Article 181 of Legislative Decree 81/2008, paragraph 2). Or in the event that the noise risk assessment is inadequate, inaccurate or even absent (Art. 190 dlgs 81/2008 paragraph 1 and paragraph 5);
- Imprisonment from 3 to 6 months or a fine from 2,000 to 4,000 euro. In the event of failure to measure, or analysis performed with unsuitable methods and/or instruments (Article 190 Legislative Decree 81/2008 Paragraphs 2 and 3);
- Imprisonment from 3 to 6 months or a fine from 2,000 to 4,000 euro (to be paid by the employer and the manager). For failure to comply with the prohibition to expose employers to values equal to or greater than the limit values defined in Chapters II, III, IV and V of TITLE VIII of Art. 182 of Legislative Decree 8172008, paragraph 2), for failure to carry out health surveillance in the cases provided for in the Chapters of TITLE VIII (Art. 185 of Legislative Decree 81/2008), for failure to apply and plan technical and organisational measures to reduce exposure to noise in the event that the higher values are exceeded (Art. 192 of Legislative Decree 81/2008, paragraph 2). In addition, penalties may be imposed for failure to provide individual hearing protection devices complying with the provisions of TITLE III - Chapter II (Article 193 Legislative Decree 81/2008, paragraph 1), for failure to provide training and information to employers exposed to values equal to or greater than the action values in relation to the risks arising from exposure to noise (Article 195 Legislative Decree 81/2008), and for failure to subject exposed employers to health checks and inspections at least once a year (Article 196 Legislative Decree 81/2008).
- Imprisonment from 2 to 4 months or a fine from 750 to 4,000 euro. Penalties may be imposed for failure to provide training and information on the result of the risk assessment of employers exposed to physical agents (Article 184 of Legislative Decree No. 81/2008) or for the absence of safety signs in places where employers may be exposed to noise exceeding the action values (Article 192 of Legislative Decree No. 81/2008).
Reference Standards
The reference regulations, and further additions, for drafting the noise risk assessment document are:
- DLGS 81/2008 under Title VIII (Physical Agents);
- DLGS 195/2006, implementation of Directive 2003/10/EC on the exposure of employers to risks arising from physical agents (noise).
- UNI 9432:2011 assesses daily and weekly exposure levels;
- UNI EN ISO 9612:2011 describes a technical design method for measuring the noise exposure of employers in the workplace and calculating the noise exposure level;
- UNI 11347:2015 company noise exposure reduction programmes.
Contact our offices at Sicurezza Online and request the Noise Risk Assessment: within 10 working days you will receive the document, without having to carry out an inspection!