Site operatives receive specialist noise safety training
Equans staff receive training from noise safety innovators, EAVE, to increase their awareness and understanding of dangerous noise levels and their damaging effects.
With the size and scale of the scheme and multiple noisy works, including piling, managing noise safely is of paramount importance and Equans is always seeking out innovations, new technologies, and best practice systems within the industry which can support our commitments of putting safety first.
Earlier this year, SHEQ Advisor for Equans, Michael Harding, spoke with Site Manager, Joshua Peach, about EAVE, experts in the field of noise management and safety, and they arranged for EAVE to come to Glengall Road to deliver training for our operatives on site.
On 8th July, Joshua and Michael were joined by Dr. David Greenburg, founder, and CEO of EAVE, a comprehensive occupational noise management solution.
The intelligent noise control system allows management of noise through their FocusLite ear defender headsets, and then offers the ability to measure and analyse data which is transmitted from the headsets directly to a smart online platform, helping companies, such as Equans, to use this data to better manage working environments, set targets and implement best practice for safe noise level control on site.
Dr. Greenburg spent the morning on site, delivering training on why protecting our hearing is so important. He set out what the problem is by explaining how and why our hearing becomes damaged when we're exposed to noise, and what some of the long-term, lasting impacts of hearing damage can be.
He also spoke about the best ways we can help protect ourselves from dangerous noise levels and concluded the sessions with staff being able to try out their FocusLite ear defenders.
"The welfare of people on our sites is so important to me and it was great to have the training today. I've had some good feedback from staff, and it was really useful to try out the ear defender headsets. We were impressed with how we were still able to hear normal conversations, even though they were blocking out potentially harmful noise. Anything which can help keep our staff safe and further reduce the likelihood of accidents on site, can only be a good thing." Joshua Peach, Site Manager, Equans
