Specified noisy occupations
According to Schedule 3 of the Occupational Deafness (Compensation) Ordinance, a noisy occupation is an occupation involving :
- the use of power driven grinding tools on metal or on billets of metal or blooms, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of those tools whilst they are being so used;
- the use of power driven percussive tools on metal or on billets of metal or blooms, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of those tools whilst they are being so used;
- the use of power driven grinding, chiselling, cutting or percussive tools on rocks, concrete or marble, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of those tools whilst they are being so used;
- work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of plant (excluding power press plant) engaged in the forging (including drop stamping) of metal by means of closed or open dies or drop hammers;
- work in textile manufacturing where the work is undertaken wholly or mainly in rooms or sheds in which there are machines engaged in weaving man - made or natural (including mineral) fibres or in the high speed false twisting of fibres;
- the use of, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of, machines engaged in cutting, shaping or cleaning metal nails or screws;
- the use of, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of, plasma spray guns engaged in the deposition of metal;
- the use of, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of, any of the following machines: multi - cutter moulding machines, planing machines, automatic or semi-automatic lathes, multiple cross-cut machines, automatic shaping machines, double-end tenoning machines, vertical spindle moulding machines (including high-speed routing machines ), edge banding machines, bandsawing machines with a blade width of not less than 75 mm and circular sawing machines;
- the use of chain saws;
- the use of, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of, machines engaged in percussive pile or metal plank driving on construction Sites;
- work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of abrasive blasting operations;
- the use of, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of, machines engaged in grinding of glass;
- work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of machines engaged in crushing or screening of rocks or stone aggregate;
- the use of, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of, machines engaged in granulating of plastic materials;
- work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of machines or hand tools engaged in descaling of ships;
- work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of internal combustion engines or turbines or pressurized fuel burners or jet engines;
- work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of car body repair, or of making metal articles by manual hammering;
- the use of, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of, machines engaged in extruding of plastic materials;
- the use of paper corrugating machines, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of those machines whilst they are being so used;
- work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of bleaching and dyeing of fabric involving machines using pressurised steam;
- work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of glass-bottling lines;
- work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of metal-can bottling lines;
- the use of paper folding machines, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of those machines whilst they are being so used;
- the use of high speed web-fed offset printing machines, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of those machines whilst they are being so used;
- work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of gun-firing operation;
- work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of a place where the electric stunning of pigs for the purpose of slaughter takes place;
- playing mahjong (as the major duty) inside a mahjong parlour licensed under section 22(1)(b) of the Gambling Ordinance (Cap. 148);
- preparing or serving drinks (as the main duty) in the immediate vicinity of the dancing area of a discotheque; or
- controlling or operating a system for playing back and broadcasting recorded music in a discotheque.
Examples of specified noisy occupations
- operation of pneumatic drills, pile drivers or rock-crushing machines in construction sites or quarries;
- operation of spinning or weaving machines in textile factories;
- operation of power press or lathes in metal-work factories;
- operation of lathes, planing machines, circular sawing machines or high-speed routing machines in carpentry;
- operation of plastics granulating machines in plastics factories.
