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29 CFR 1910 OSHA GENERAL INDUSTRY REGULATIONS Subpart G Occupational Health & Environmental Control §1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure §1910.95(c) Hearing Conservation Programs I Still Can’t Hear You…

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Page 1: 29 CFR 1910 OSHA General Industry Regulationsmyscma.com/public_docs/Tuesday-Hearing Conservation Programs.pdf29 CFR 1910 OSHA GENERAL INDUSTRY REGULATIONS Subpart G Occupational Health

29 CFR 1910 OSHA GENERAL INDUSTRY REGULATIONS

Subpart G Occupational Health & Environmental Control

§1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure

§1910.95(c) Hearing Conservation Programs

I Still Can’t

Hear You…

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Experience

1995 – Present ‒ AstenJohnson, Inc. [email protected]

‒ Corporate Global Safety & Continuous Improvement Manager ‒ Investigated 1 Loss of Life & over 12 Critical Injuries

1985 – 1995 ‒ Northwest Airlines

‒ Director of Aircraft Maintenance (DC-9 Fleet) ‒ Witnessed 1 Critical Injury

‒ Investigation Team member for A/C incident that cost 110 lives

1972 – 1985 ‒ Delta Airlines

‒ Aircraft Mechanic ‒ Witnessed 1 Loss of Life

‒ Involved in a 10M “Near Miss”

Personal ‒ BS & MS degrees (Georgia Tech)

‒ Married / Children / Grands

‒ Avid runner

‒ Safety & Human Resource Consultant ‒ OSHA Outreach Trainer for 10 & 30 hr. General Industry, Safety Auditing, Training

‒ Contact @ [email protected] or [email protected]

‒ 843-345-8451

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§1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure

§1910.95(a) - (o) Occupational Noise Exposure

(a) Protection against the effects of noise exposure

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§ 1910.95 (b)(1) & (2)

Table G-16 – Permissible Noise Exposure

Table: OSHA §1910.95

• Exceeding limits requires

1. Administrative Controls

2. Engineering Controls

• If 1 and / or 2 do not reduce to

allowable levels,

• then 3, PPE shall be provided

& used to reduce levels to

within allowable levels in the

Table

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§1910.95 (c) Hearing Conservation Program

(c) Hearing Conservation Program

(1) ‘Ee exposed to equal or exceed 85 dBA over an 8 hr. TWA

Action Level

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§1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure (c) Hearing Conservation Programs

Occupational Noise Exposure

Appendix A – Noise Exposure Computation

Appendix B – Methods for Estimating the Adequacy of Hearing Protection

Attenuation

Appendix C – Audiometric Measuring Instruments

Appendix D – Audiometric Test Rooms

Appendix E – Acoustic Calibration of Audiometers

Appendix F – Calculation and Application of Age Corrections to Audiograms

Appendix G – Monitoring Noise Levels

Appendix H – Availability of Referenced Document

Appendix I – Definitions

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§1910.95 (d)(e)(f) Monitoring / ‘ee Notification / Monitoring observations

(d) Monitoring equal or exceed 85 dBA over an 8hr. TWA:

(1) Development & Implement monitoring program

(2) Repeat monitoring

(e) Inform exposed ‘ees

(f) Allow ‘ees / rep. to observe monitoring if they wish

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(g)(1) Audiometric Testing Program

No cost to ‘ee

Baseline

Annual & Evaluation Compare to Baseline

Follow-up

Baseline Revising

Standard Threshold Shift

(h) Requirements

500 – 6000 Hz

Specs – American National Standard

Specification for Audiometers

Instruments – Appendix C

Note: Do yourself a favor; conduct baseline audiograms for all new employees

§1910.95 (g)(h) Audiometric Testing Program / Requirements

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§1910.95 (i)(j) Hearing Protectors

(i) Hearing Protectors

Make available to ‘ees exposed to 85 dBA over 8 hr. TWA

‘Er ensure protectors are worn

Worn by ‘ee exposed but has not had baseline audiogram

Worn by ‘ee that has experienced a threshold shift

‘Ee has opportunity to select from a variety provided by ‘er

Provide training in use & care of protectors

‘Er has to ensure proper initial fitting & supervise correct use

(j) Hearing Protection Attenuation (“Er responsibility)

Evaluation of protectors (Appendix B)

Must attenuate to at least 90 dBA

Must attenuate to at least 85 dBA or below for ‘ee that had experienced a threshold shift

Re-evaluate whenever the adequacy no longer provides adequate attenuation

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§1910.95 (i)(j) Hearing Protectors / with Radios……

Depends on your company’s policy & how your program is written.

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§1910.95 (k)(l) Training

(k) Training Program

Dev. / implement program for those exposed to noise level at or above 85 dBA over 8hr. TWA

Ensure participation

Repeated annually for ‘ees in the hearing conservation program

1. Effects of noise on hearing

2. Purpose of protectors, advantages, attenuation types, selection, fitting, use & care

3. Purpose of audiometric testing & explanation of test procedures

(l) Information access & training materials Make available to affected ‘ees / representative copy of §1910.95 & post in workplace

Provide informational materials provided by OSHA

Upon request, all materials related to ‘er training & education program

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§1910.95 (m)(n)(o) Recordkeeping

(m) Recordkeeping

Exposure measurements

Audiometric Tests

Name & classification of ‘ee, audiogram date, examiner’s name, date of

equipment calibration, ‘ees most recent noise exposure assessment, &

background sound pressure levels in audiometric test rooms

Record retention

Noise exposure measurement records – 2 years

‘Ee audiometric test – duration of affected ‘ee employment

Access to records

Transfer of records

(n)(o) Appendices & Exemptions

A, B, C, D, E, F, & G

Oil & gas well drilling operations

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Noise Exposures Examples

Source dBA Whisper 20

Refrigerator 40

Conversation 60

Average TV 74

Blender 80

Source dBA Walkman 90

Woodworking 93-120

Gun Shot 130-140

Riding Motorcycle 100

Snow Mobile 120

Rock Concert 140

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Noise Exposures Examples

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29 CFR 1910 OSHA GENERAL INDUSTRY REGULATIONS

Subpart G Occupational Health & Environmental Control

§1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure

§1910.95(c) Hearing Conservation Programs

Questions / Comments / Feedback

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29 CFR 1910 OSHA GENERAL INDUSTRY REGULATIONS

Subpart G Occupational Health & Environmental Control

§1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure

§1910.95(c) Hearing Conservation Programs

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