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OSHA: Hearing Conservation

In order to protect the hearing health of your employees, you are required by OSHA (1970) to

comply with current standards of the most recent hearing conservation program.

Noise levels should be monitored regularly to identify those employees who are being exposed to 85 decibels

(dB; about the loudness of a motor boat running) or greater over a typical 8 hour work day or a time-weighted

average of 8 hours.

In order to conserve employee hearing, those employees who are

identified as being regularly exposed to 85 dB or greater must then be repeatedly monitored for

changes in hearing sensitivity.

If changes are made in the work environment that

could affect noise levels, new measurements must

be made.

Any additional employees exposed to 85 dB or greater must be added to

the hearing conservation monitoring schedule. Adequate hearing

protection must be provided to employees in these high noise areas.

By your method of choice, you must notify your employees of

all noise monitoring results. Your employees are permitted

to observe all of your monitoring methods.

Since OSHA updates its regulations for the hearing conservation

program over time, check current guidelines for any outdated or new

requirements at www.osha.gov

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