Hong Kong Regulations

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (NOISE AT WORK) REGULATION - SECT 6

Ear protection

(1) A proprietor shall as far as is practicable ensure that where an employee
is likely to be exposed to a first action level or above in circumstances
where the daily personal noise exposure of the employee is likely to be less
than 90 dB(A), the employee shall be provided, at his request, with a suitable
approved ear protector.

(2) Subsection (1) does not require a proprietor to provide a suitable
approved ear protector to an employee where the wearing of the protector would
likely cause risk to the safety of the employee or to any other person.

(3) A proprietor shall as far as is practicable ensure that where an employee
is likely to be exposed to a second action level or above or to a
peak action level or above, the employee shall be provided with a suitable
approved ear protector which, when properly worn, can reasonably be expected
to keep the risk of damage to that employee's hearing to below that arising
from exposure to the second action level or, as the case may be, to the
peak action level. (Enacted 1992)