Hearing Conservation Training Requirements

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Hearing conservation training requirements.

Employee training is one of the most important components of an occupational hearing conservation program hcp. From hearing impairment even if they are subject to such noise exposures over their entire working lifetimes. When a hearing conservation program is required there is no quick answer to this question. Osha safety and health information bulletin shib december 27 2005.

Hearing conservation for the hearing impaired worker. Covers monitoring audiometric testing hearing protectors training and recordkeeping requirements. Information provided in the training program shall be updated to be consistent with changes in protective equipment and work processes. Even a well designed hcp can fall short of the goal of preventing noise induced hearing loss nihl if the employees don t know how excessive noise exposure can harm them or haven t learned the behaviors that are necessary to reduce their risk.

This instruction describes requirements for establishing a hearing conservation program hcp for all osha personnel covered by the agency s medical examination program instruction per 04 00 003. The components of this hcp include noise monitoring audiometric testing hearing protection training and recordkeeping. The training program shall be repeated annually for each employee included in the hearing conservation program. According to the standards a hearing conservation program is required 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.

Failures or deficiencies in hearing conservation programs hearing loss prevention programs can often be traced to inadequacies in the training and education of noise exposed employees and those who conduct elements of the program. This publication summarizes the required component of osha s hearing conservation program for general industry.