The noise survey is a legal requirement under Factories and Other Places of Work (Noise Prevention and Control) Rules 2005 and Noise Prevention and Excessive Vibration Pollution Control Rules 2009 administered by NEMA to establish the potential impact to the existing working environment, and provide data that can be used to mitigate the noise emission from the factory operations.
Noise levels are compared with the standards set by Legal Notice no. 25 of 2005 under the Occupational Safety and Health Act Cap 514 and Environment Management and Coordination Act Laws of Kenya, Threshold Limit Values (TLV) from International Labour Organization (ILO), World Health Organization (WHO) and American Conference of Industrial Hygienist (ACGIH) 1989-guideline document.
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