Health, Safety and Environment - International Labour Organization

Manual 4:HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT FACT SHEETSILO Recommendation No. 192 on Safety and Health in AgricultureParagraph 4. (2) (f)This system should include the necessary risk assessment and, whereappropriate, preventive and control measures with respect to noise andvibration Trade union actionCollectivebargainingPromptingemployeractionYour union can use collective bargaining to overcome any limitations inyour country’s health and safety legislation. Encourage your union todevelop agreements for protection against noise at work.Protection against noise is best achieved by controlling it at source. Toreduce exposure employers should: choose quiet machines or processes when selecting productionmethods enclose noisy machines or processes fit silencers on exhaust systemsreduce the need to work in intensive animal housing at feeding times bychanging the feeding regime or putting controls on the outside or in aprotected areareduce the duration of exposure by job rotationprovide personal hearing protection where prevention and controlmethods have not reduced workers’ exposure sufficiently182 Health, Safety and EnvironmentA Series of Trade Union EducationManuals for Agricultural Workers