Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001A Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.95(b)(1): When employees were subjected to sound exceeding those listed in Table G-16, feasible administrative or engineering controls were not utilized: On or about October 17, 2022, and days prior, employees performed work in the recycling plant while being exposed to noise levels that equaled or exceeded an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 87.1 decibels measured on the A scale (dBA), or an equivalent dose of one hundred percent, without effective administrative or engineering controls. The employer failed to successfully require the use of hearing protection to all employees where these controls were not adequate to reduce exposures below the PEL. (a) On October 17, 2022, an employee performing sorting operations on the LUBO screen near the paper line was exposed to noise at 151.6% of the permissible daily dose, or an average sound level of 91.1dBA, as measured over 414 minutes of sampling. This dose is equivalent to an 8-hour TWA exposure of 90.1dBA accounting for the period of 66 minutes unmonitored.