What's happening
This bill allows the Labor Commissioner to set noise limits for coin and paper counting machines to protect workers' health and safety.
Why it matters
Protects worker health by addressing a less obvious occupational hazard. Excessive noise from coin and paper counting machines can contribute to hearing loss, stress, and decreased concentration. This bill empowers the Labor Commissioner to set enforceable noise limits, directly targeting these risks for employees in banks, casinos, and other high-cash environments.
Introduces technical standards and clarity. By defining terms like "A-weighted sound level" and "sound pressure level," the bill ensures that any future regulations are based on recognized scientific measurements, reducing ambiguity for employers and equipment manufacturers.
May drive changes in workplace equipment and purchasing decisions. Employers may need to upgrade or replace older or louder machines to comply with any future regulations, potentially leading to quieter workplaces and stimulating demand for improved technology.
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Limit Noise From Money Counters
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STATE OF NEW YORK
173
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to placing noise restrictions on coin and paper counting devices
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 202-n to read as follows:
§ 202-n. Coin and paper counting devices. 1. The commissioner may promulgate such rules and regulations governing the A-weighted sound level of the operations of coin and paper counting devices that he or she finds necessary for the protection of the lives, health, and safety of employees and of persons lawfully using such machines.
2. For the purposes of this section:
(a) "Coin and paper counting devices" shall mean a machine that uses mechanical and/or electronic components to count money.
(b) "A-weighted sound level" shall mean the sound pressure level measured by the use of an instrument with the metering characteristics and A-weighting frequency response prescribed by sound level meters using the impulse response mode.
(c) "Sound pressure level" shall mean twenty times the logarithm to the base ten of the ratio of the root mean squared pressure of a sound to a reference pressure of twenty micropascals. The unit applied to this measure shall be the decibel (dB).
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01888-01-9
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