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29 CFR 1910.95(g)(5)(ii): Where mobile test vans were used to meet the audiometric testing obligation, the employer did not obtain a valid baseline audiogram within 1 year of an employee's first exposure at or above the action level and where baseline audiograms were obtained more than 6 months after the employee's first exposure at or above the action level, employees did not wear hearing protectors for any period exceeding six months after first exposure until the baseline audiogram was obtained: On February 28, 2019, the fabricator in Building 2 was exposed to continuous noise levels at 105.6% of the permissible daily exposure (8-hour, time-weighted average sound level of 85 dBA or equivalently, a dose of 50 percent), during the 480 minute sampling period. The employer failed to establish valid baseline audiograms for employees exposed to the action level in building 2.