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Canada – Nova Scotia Offshore Marine Installations and Structures Occupational Health and Safety Transitional Regulations

Version of section 59 from 2015-01-05 to 2017-08-22:

  •  (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) and sections 60 and 61, the level of sound in a workplace must be less than 85 dB.

  • (2) If it is not reasonably practicable for an employer to maintain the level of sound in a workplace at less than 85 dB, an employee must not be exposed in any 24-hour period to

    • (a) a level of sound referred to in column 1 of an item of Schedule 2 for a number of hours exceeding the number set out in column 2 of that item; or

    • (b) a number of different levels of sound referred to in column 1 of an item of Schedule 2, when the sum of the following quotients exceeds 1:

      • (i) the number of hours of exposure to each level of sound

      divided by

      • (ii) the maximum number of hours of exposure per 24-hour period set out in column 2 of that item.

  • (3) If it is not reasonably practicable for an employer to maintain the exposure of an employee to a level of sound at or below the levels referred to in subsection (1) or (2), the employer must

    • (a) make a report in writing to the health and safety officer setting out the reasons why the exposure cannot be so maintained; and

    • (b) provide every employee entering the workplace with a hearing protector that

      • (i) meets the standards set out in CSA Standard Z94.2-02, Hearing Protection Devices - Performance, Selection, Care, and Use, published in 2002, and

      • (ii) reduces the level of sound reaching the employee’s ears to less than 85 dB.


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