Exposure to noisy work environment may cause hearing loss to employees.  The levels of industrial noise exposure to employees must comply with the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Typical facilities requiring consideration of occupational health and safety acoustics include industrial and manufacturing plants, extractive industries such as mining sites, construction sites and food processing plants.

The control of occupational health and safety acoustics include provision of engineering controls to plant and equipment, management strategies to limit noise exposure to employees and provision and implementation of hearing protection.