The doseBadge Noise Dosemeter for Occupational Noise Measurements

There are many situations where there is a need to accurately assess the risk of exposure to high noise levels and to continually monitor any employees who are exposed to potentially damaging noise.

Workers who move between different locations, or where their noise exposure pattern changes throughout the day are very difficult to assess using traditional methods.

Machinery or moving equipment can also present problems to those responsible for carrying out risk assessments and noise exposure measurements.

The doseBadge is the ideal tool to carry out these tasks as it has no cables, controls, displays or fragile external microphones.

The regulations used for occupational noise vary around the world with different exposure levels and calculation methods used.

The doseBadge can be setup to meet almost every Occupational or Industrial Hygiene noise measurement standard such as ISO85, ISO90, OSHA, MSHA, DOD, ACGIH (USA Standards) as well as the EU Physical Agents Directive and the 2005 Control of Noise at Work Regulations (UK).

And because the doseBadge is a Dual Channel dosemeter with data logging as standard, it can be programmed to measure two sets of noise data at the same time.

If employees have a noise exposure pattern that is not easily controlled or where the noise levels vary each day, using a noise dosemeter may be the only way to accurately measure and record the long term exposure.

Although exposure to high noise levels over a short time can result in temporary effects, it is the long term exposure which causes hearing damage and other physical effects.

There are many environments where noise measurements must be made but where there is a risk of explosion, such as Oil Refineries, Petrochemical & Pharmaceutical Plants and Underground Mines.

In these environments, equipment must be certified as being Intrinsically Safe and the CR:110AIS version of the doseBadge carries IS (Intrinsic Safety) Certification to ATEX, EEx, IECEx, and FM. The CR:112AIS version carries certification to MSHA.

There are also many other industries and environments where this type of measurement is the ideal way to assess noise exposure.

For example, in the entertainment and music industries employees are often exposed to high noise levels over irregular shifts.

It is usually not possible to take static noise measurements in these environments and the doseBadge is the ideal solution.

The doseBadge has already been used at a number of music festivals, concerts and carnivals as well as by a number of major international orchestras to carry out noise risk assessments.