OSHA requires employers to implement a hearing conservation program when noise exposure is at or above 85 decibels averaged over 8 working hours, or an 8-hour ...

Standards · Hearing Conservation Program · Exposure & Controls · Health Effects

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 ...

1910.95 App A · Audiometric Test Rooms · 1910.95 App G · Appendix B

(1) Noise dose is computed using Table G-16a as follows: ... (ii) When the workshift noise exposure is composed of two or more periods of noise at different ...

OSHA sets legal limits on noise exposure in the workplace. These limits are based on a worker's 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) over a work day. For noise,  ...

Noise hazards are addressed in OSHA standards for recordkeeping and general industry. This section highlights OSHA standards and documents related to noise.

1926.52(a). Protection against the effects of noise exposure shall be provided when the sound levels exceed those shown in Table D-2 of this section when ...

Feb 8, 2016 · While noise levels describe the intensity of sounds at a given point in time, the NIOSH and EPA exposure limits are set as time-weighted average ...

Exposure to Noise is measured in units of sound pressure levels called decibels, using an A-weighted sound levels (dBA). There are several ways to control ...