1. Health & Safety
Part A.
Comment on Accident Statistics for the aviation workplace.
Department for Transport web-site allows you compare these with other forms of transport

2. Health & Safety 5 Different types of H&S accidents or incidents:
Two relating to aircraft on the ground
Two relating to other airside hazards
One relating to a landside hazard from-
Safety – e.g. bird strike, FOD, aircraft fire, collision between aircraft and airside vehicle, fuel spillage
Health – slips, trips, falls, hearing damage, musculoskeletal damage

3. safety Bird strike http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imDFSnklB0k FOD
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Aircraft Fire
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4. Safety
Collision between an aircraft and airside vehicle

5. Health
Slips, trips, falls, Musculoskeletal damage

6. Hearing Damage
One of the biggest issues for staff working airside on the ramp/apron

7. Source--Dangerous Level dBA SPL Produces Pain 140-150  
Jet Aircraft During Takeoff (at 20 metres)
130
Discomfort Level      Snowmobile      Tractor Without Cab
120
Rock Concert
110
Die Forging Hammer Gas Weed-Wacker Chain Saw Pneumatic Drill
Home Lawn Mowers
95 to 100
Semi-trailers (at 20 metres) 90

8. Source--
dBA SPL
Heavy Traffic
80 
Automobile  (at 20 metres) 70
Vacuum Cleaner 65
Conversational Speech (at 1 metre) 60
Quiet Business Office 50
Residential Area at Night 40
Whisper 20
Rustle of Leaves 10
Threshold of Audibility  0

9. Noise levels
The symptoms of noise induced hearing loss are subtle in the early stages. 
Hearing loss tends to occur first for high-pitched sounds only.  Consequently, the volume of sound heard may be unchanged but the quality of it lessens.  Speech may be heard but not completely understood.  The presence of background noise can make speech hard to understand. 
Noise induced hearing loss has been reported to be accompanied by a ringing in the ears (tinnitus) in 23% of subjects. 

10. HSE advice for employers
Decide whether you might have a problem
Get the noise assessed
Ear protection programme
Tell the employees
Reduce noise as far as is practical
Check your programme is working

11. EAR PROTECTION ZONE EAR PROTECTORS MUST BE WORN
If people work in noise-hazardous areas they will need ear protection.
                      
EAR PROTECTION ZONE EAR PROTECTORS MUST BE WORN
Protection should be freely available and workers must know that unless they wear it there is some risk to hearing.