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29 CFR 1910.95: Noise

Subpart G—Occupational Health and Environmental Control · official heading: Occupational noise exposure

Where noise averages 85 decibels or more over an 8-hour shift, the employer must run a hearing conservation program: monitoring, hearing protection at no cost, yearly hearing tests and training.

9,072citations since 2015
4,362employers cited
80%serious, willful or repeat
$0median penalty per item

OSHA has cited 29 CFR 1910.95 9,072 times since 2015, against 4,362 employers. Penalties on these items add up to $16,087,555 at their current amounts.

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1910.95(c)(1) · 2,390 citations

(c) Hearing conservation program. (1) The employer shall administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program, as described in paragraphs (c) through (o) of this section, whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level (TWA) of 85 decibels measured on the A scale (slow response) or, equivalently, a dose of fifty percent. For purposes of the hearing conservation program, employee noise exposures shall be computed in accordance with appendix A and Table G-16a, and without regard to any attenuation provided by the use of personal protective equipment.

1910.95(d)(1) · 1,316 citations

(d) Monitoring. (1) When information indicates that any employee's exposure may equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels, the employer shall develop and implement a monitoring program.

1910.95(k)(1) · 1,042 citations

(k) Training program. (1) The employer shall train each employee who is exposed to noise at or above an 8-hour time weighted average of 85 decibels in accordance with the requirements of this section. The employer shall institute a training program and ensure employee participation in the program.

1910.95(g)(1) · 1,007 citations

(g) Audiometric testing program. (1) The employer shall establish and maintain an audiometric testing program as provided in this paragraph by making audiometric testing available to all employees whose exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels.

1910.95(l)(1) · 476 citations

(l) Access to information and training materials. (1) The employer shall make available to affected employees or their representatives copies of this standard and shall also post a copy in the workplace.

1910.95(g)(6) · 475 citations

(6) Annual audiogram. At least annually after obtaining the baseline audiogram, the employer shall obtain a new audiogram for each employee exposed at or above an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels.

1910.95(b)(1) · 447 citations

(b)(1) When employees are subjected to sound exceeding those listed in Table G-16, feasible administrative or engineering controls shall be utilized. If such controls fail to reduce sound levels within the levels of Table G-16, personal protective equipment shall be provided and used to reduce sound levels within the levels of the table.

1910.95(g)(5)(i) · 346 citations

(5) Baseline audiogram. (i) Within 6 months of an employee's first exposure at or above the action level, the employer shall establish a valid baseline audiogram against which subsequent audiograms can be compared.

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  • Wholesale Trade 520
  • Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services 381
  • Construction 324
  • Other Services (except Public Administration) 223
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