Question 1:

Read the following and answer the questions below.

You are the Health and Safety Officer of a big industrial group which is constructing a new factory in which one section will be involved with very noisy activities.

You form part of a multidisciplinary team set up to look at Health and Safety problems in the new factory and more specifically at the noise problem in the factory.

The team has been requested to start its work right now until the full establishment of the industrial operations to the satisfaction of top management and the workers.

The team will have to submit its recommendations to the Health and Safety Committee of the group which will follow- up on their implementation.

(a) In what field of Occupational Health is the expertise of a multidisciplinary team most commonly requested?

(b) Give a definition of that field of Occupational Health you mentioned in your answer to (a) above

(c) Name any five members of the multidisciplinary team.

(d) What should be the initial activities of the team at the design stage of the project with regard to the noise problem?

(e) What should be the main activities during the construction of the factory?

(f) What should be the technical recommendations regarding control of noise just before and after the installation of the machines?

(g) What should be the recommendations of the team for the medical prevention of the workers against noise?