Carragher v Singer Manufacturing Co Ltd, 1974 SLT Notes 28

Citation: Carragher v Singer Manufacturing Co Ltd, 1974 SLT Notes 28

Rule of thumb: Where people are in the presence of loud machines emitting noise above a certain decibel level, should ear protectors be provided? Yes, organisations must be careful to follow the guidance for decibel levels & time exposed to this.

Judgment:

‘I can see no satisfying reason why, in principle, the presence of a fixed machine emitting into a workplace noise of such a level as to endanger the hearing of those who have to work there, should not, subject to the question of reasonable practicability, infringe the statutory provisions relied upon’, Lord Maxwell

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