In terms of both the living environment and the working environment, noise is one of the factors that adversely affect human health. Noise is simply defined as unwanted, unpleasant and disturbing sounds. Sound is the vibrations that living things can perceive with hearing organs in nature. The intensity of the sound can be understood by measuring these vibrations. However, noise is a more personal concept and can vary from person to person. It is understood from these statements that not every sound is a noise, but the noise consists of loud sounds.
In cities that are rapidly crowded today, the development of residential and business areas is intertwined with unplanned and surplus, increasing traffic density, mechanical, electrical or electronic equipment being a part of daily life, and noise is threatening human health due to many other factors.
In many workplaces, the work environment is very noisy and creates permanent damage to humans called occupational diseases. Therefore, employers are obliged to carry out risk assessments in their working environment and to prevent noise exposure to employees. Noise measurement is performed to determine sound and noise levels.
What is the scope of dosimetric noise measurement?
According to the Regulation on Health and Safety in the Use of Work Equipment issued in 2013, employers are required to select work equipment that complies with the specific working conditions and does not compromise the health and safety of employees. If he cannot completely eliminate health risks at this point, he must at least take appropriate measures to reduce the risks to an acceptable level.
The annexes of the said regulation include the minimum requirements for work equipment, the issues related to the use of such equipment, the type of work equipment to be controlled and the frequency and under which conditions such controls shall be carried out.
Among the exposure measurements to be made within the scope of this regulation are noise measurements. Noise measurements are based on the following standards:
- TS ISO 9613-1: 2006: Acoustic - Decrease of sound propagation on the outside - Section 1: Calculation of sound absorption by atmosphere
- TS ISO 9613-2: 2006: Acoustic - Decrease of sound propagation outdoors - Section 2: General calculation method
- TS ISO 8297 Acoustics - Determination of sound power levels for the assessment of ambient sound pressure levels in industrial plants with multiple noise sources - Engineering method
- TS EN ISO 3744 Acoustics - Determination of sound power levels and sound energy levels of noise sources using sound pressure - Engineering methods applied in a fundamentally free field on a reflective plane
- TS EN ISO 3746 Acoustics - Determination of sound power levels and sound energy levels of noise sources using sound pressure - Observation method using a surrounding measuring surface on a reflective plane
- TS 9315 ISO 1996-1: Acoustics - Description, measurement and evaluation of environmental noise - Part 1: Basic quantities and evaluation procedures
- TS ISO 1996-2: Acoustics - Description, measurement and evaluation of environmental noise - Part 2: Determination of environmental noise levels
There are other national and international standards according to the field of activity and working conditions of the enterprises.
our organization TÜRCERT Technical Control and Certification Inc.provides measurement services in accordance with national and international standards and with an impartial approach and complies with the standards of TS EN ISO / IEC 17020 General Criteria for the Operation of Various Types of Inspection Organizations. It is accredited according to this standard. More detailed information about dosimetric noise measurements between workplace environment measurements can be requested from our employees.