The “NOMAD” Project – A Survey of Instructions Supplied with Machinery with Respect to Noise

• Autorzy: Châtillon J. , Szyszko M.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The NOMAD project was a survey to examine the noise-related content of instructions supplied with machinery offered for purchase in Europe. The project collected more than 1 500 instructions from machines covering 40 broad machine-families and from 800 different manufacturing companies. These instructions were analyzed to determine compliance with the requirements of the Machinery Directive, and assess the quality of information. The general state of compliance of machinery instructions with the noise-related requirements of the Machinery Directive was found to be very poor: 80% of instructions did not meet legal requirements. Some required numerical values relating to noise emissions were often missing. Where values were given, they were often not traceable to machine operating conditions or measurement methods, and not credible either against stated conditions/methods or as warnings of likely risk in real use. As a consequence, it is considered highly likely that, in making a machinery procurement decision, employers are prevented from taking noise emissions into account, and understanding what is necessary to manage the risks from noise relating to equipment that is procured. Recommendations are made for actions aimed at bringing about a global improvement to the current situation. Targeted actions are now proposed by “ADCO Machinery Group” aimed at raising awareness of the legal requirements, responsibilities and actions required among the various groups who have parts to play in the system – machine manufacturers, machine users, occupational safety and health professionals, and standards-makers. Recommendations are also made aimed at providing, or improving, tools and resources for all these actors.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

noisy machine; machinery directive; legal requirements; survey

• Wydawca: Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN ; Komitet Akustyki PAN ; Polskie Towarzystwo Akustyczne
• Czasopismo: Archives of Acoustics
• Rocznik: 2013
• Tom: Vol. 38, No. 2
• Strony: 271--275
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 7 poz., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Châtillon J.

• Institut National de Recherche et de Sécurité (INRS) Rue du Morvan CS 60027 54519 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex, France

autor

Szyszko M.

• National Labour Inspection, District Labour Inspectorate – Szczecin Pszczelna 7, 71-663 Szczecin, Poland

Bibliografia

• 1. Directive 98/37/EC of the European parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to machinery, Official Journal of the European Union L207/1 - L207/45 - 23.7.1998.
• 2. Directive 2000/14/EC of the European parliament and of the Council of 8 May 2000 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the noise emission in the environment by equipment for use outdoors, Official Journal of the European Union. L162/1 - L162/78 - 3.7.2000.
• 3. Directive 2003/10/EC of the European parliament and of the Council of 6 February 2003 on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (noise) (Seventeenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC), Official Journal of the European Union, L42/38 - L42/44 - 15.2.2003.
• 4. Directive 2006/42/EC of the European parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (recast), Official Journal of the European Union, L157/24 - L157/86 - 9.6.2006.
• 5. Kurtz P., Jacques J. (2011), “Buy quiet!”, a European strategy in the field of machinery, Proceedings of Inter- Noise 2011 conference, September, Osaka, Japan.
• 6. Mietlicki F. (2012), HARMONICA project: HARMOnised Noise Information for Citizens and Authorities, Proceedings of Inter-Noise 2012 conference, August, New-York, USA.
• 7. NOMAD Report [in English] available on Euroshnet Internet website: http://www.euroshnet.eu/foraopen.php?k=&postingview=flat&view=threaded&offset=0&ka=11&board=4&posting=89