Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 57

57 Managing risk of hearing loss from noise

(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must manage, under part 3.1 , risks to health and safety relating to hearing loss associated with noise.

Notes—

1 WHS Act — section 19 (see section 9 ).

2 For general risk management requirements, see part 3.1 .

(2) A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that the noise that a worker is exposed to at the workplace does not exceed the exposure standard for noise.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.