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Personal hearing protector
Domain: Health and safety at work => Preventive measures => Personal protective equipment
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Definition
Personal protective equipment designed to prevent the harmful effects of noise; they must be capable of attenuating the latter to such an extent that the equivalent sound levels perceived by the user do not under any circumstances exceed the daily limit values prescribed by the law.
Definition source
Adapted from Schedule 2, Consumer Protection – Health and Safety, of The Personal Protective Equipment Regulations 2002 (SI 1144/2002)
European legislation
Directives 89/188/EEC, 89/686/EEC, 2003/10/EC
British legislation
The Personal Protective Equipment Regulations 2002; The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005
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Personal ear protector
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