Agriculture
HSE’s own figure, not an estimate. Grain dryers and day-long tractor work add to it across a working day — and nobody knows their own holding’s real number until it’s actually measured.
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100 dB(A) or more at feeding time.
HSE's own published figure for an intensively-housed shed, not an estimate.
Building by building, machine by machine.
Your own holding’s real exposure, not a generic industry figure.
Free to check, free to see the scale of it.
You only pay once you know you want the full assessment.
What a feeding-time shed actually sounds like
HSE's own published guidance puts feeding-time noise in an intensively-housed shed at 100 dB(A) or more — well past where the law requires action, not a settle value anyone invented.
Checked against the real action and limit values
The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 apply to a working farm the same as any other workplace: 80 dB(A) lower action, 85 dB(A) upper action, 87 dB(A) exposure limit. Grain dryers, chainsaws, tractor cabs and livestock housing all count.
What one assessment actually gives you back
Real exposure levels for your own buildings and machinery, checked against those three figures — not a generic industry number borrowed from a different holding.
What one assessment actually tells you
HSE’s own guidance gives you the general picture for the sector — what it doesn’t give you is your own holding’s real exposure, building by building, machine by machine. That’s what one assessment is for.
It isn’t a substitute for specialist advice on a contentious enforcement case — it’s the fast way to find out which buildings are fine, and which ones genuinely need that further step.
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Seeing whether there’s a problem is free. You only pay once you know you want the report.
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