Environmental Health & Safety

Hearing Protection Program

Revised 4/30/2017

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PDF Version of Hearing Protection Standard

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Scope

This program covers any University of Rochester Employee who, in the course of his/her duties, may perform work or use equipment that produces sound levels sufficient to cause hearing damage, as defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and/or the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), or who may enter or perform work in areas where such hazardous sound levels are or may be present.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION
2. DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS
3. BACKGROUND
4. RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Occupational Safety Unit of Environmental Health & Safety
2. University Health Service
3. University Human Resources/HR Business Partners
4. University Administration, Directors and Principal Investigators
5. Supervisors and Managers
6. Hearing Protection Users
7. Audiometry and Threshold Shift Process
5. REQUIREMENTS OF OSHA'S OCCUPATIONAL NOISE EXPOSURE STANDARD
   1. Monitoring
   2. Audiometric Testing
   3. Audiograms
   4. Audiogram Evaluation
   5. Hearing Protectors and Protector Attenuation
   6. Training
   7. Record Keeping and Access to Records

APPENDICES

1. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER STATEMENT OF SAFETY POLICY
2. THE OCCUPATIONAL NOISE EXPOSURE STANDARD
3. REFERENCES

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