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MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTORATE: GUIDANCE NOTE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARD THRESHOLD SHIFT IN THE MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE OF NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS

Posted 16 August 2016

The Department of Mineral Resources has published a guidance note for the Implementation of Standard Threshold Shift (STS) in the Medical Surveillance of Noise Induced Hearing Loss.

The objective of this guidance note is to provide a framework to assist the employer of every mine to implement the STS principles in the mines medical surveillance system.