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29 CFR 1910.95(g)(1):The employer shall establish and maintain an audiometric testing program as provided in this paragraph by making audiometric testing available to all employees whose exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels. a. The employer did not establish and maintain an audiometric testing program for employees working in the cut shop. An employee working in the cut shop was exposed to continuous noise at 196.6% (90 threshold) on October 26, 2021 which exceeded the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 100% and action limit (AL) of 50 %, an 8-hour TWA (time weighted average) sound level of 90 dBA and 85 dBA respectively. The employee's 8-hour TWA sound level was 94.8 dBA during the 402 minute sampling period. Time weighted average includes a zero increment for the 78 minutes not sampled. b. The employer did not establish and maintain an audiometric testing program for employees working in the cut shop. An employee working in the cut shop was exposed to continuous noise at 142.1% (90 threshold) on October 26, 2021 which exceeded the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 100% and action limit (AL) of 50 %, an 8-hour TWA (time weighted average) sound level of 90 dBA and 85 dBA respectively. The employee's 8-hour TWA sound level was 92.5 dBA during the 392 minute sampling period. Time weighted average includes a zero increment for the 88 minutes not sampled. c. The employer did not establish and maintain an audiometric testing program for employees working in the cut shop. An employee working in the cut shop was exposed to continuous noise at 135% (80 threshold) on October 26, 2021 which exceeded the action limit (AL) of 50 %, an 8-hour TWA (time weighted average) sound level of 85 dBA . The employee's 8-hour TWA sound level was 92.1 dBA during the 381 minute sampling period. Time weighted average includes a zero increment for the 99 minutes not sampled. d. The employer did not establish and maintain an audiometric testing program for employees working in the cut shop. An employee working in the cut shop was exposed to continuous noise at 181.2% (90 threshold) on October 26, 2021 which exceeded the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 100% and action limit (AL) of 50 %, an 8-hour TWA (time weighted average) sound level of 90 dBA and 85 dBA respectively. The employee's 8-hour TWA sound level was 94.2 dBA during the 375 minute sampling period. Time weighted average includes a zero increment for the 105 minutes not sampled. e. The employer did not establish and maintain an audiometric testing program for employees working in the cut shop. An employee working in the cut shop was exposed to continuous noise at 230.5% (90 threshold) on October 26, 2021 which exceeded the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 100% and action limit (AL) of 50 %, an 8-hour TWA (time weighted average) sound level of 90 dBA and 85 dBA respectively. The employee's 8-hour TWA sound level was 96 dBA during the 369 minute sampling period. Time weighted average includes a zero increment for the 111 minutes not sampled. f. The employer did not establish and maintain an audiometric testing program for employees working in the pallet shop. An employee working in the pallet shop was exposed to continuous noise at 112% (80 threshold) on October 26, 2021 which exceeded the action limit (AL) of 50 %, an 8-hour TWA (time weighted average) sound level of 85 dBA . The employee's 8-hour TWA sound level was 88.7 dBA during the 361 minute sampling period. Time weighted average includes a zero increment for the 119 minutes not sampled. g. The employer did not establish and maintain an audiometric testing program for employees working in the recycle shop. An employee working in the recycle shop was exposed to continuous noise at 180.5% (90 threshold) on October 26, 2021 which exceeded the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 100% and action limit (AL) of 50 %, an 8-hour TWA (time weighted average) sound level of 90 dBA and 85 dBA respectively. The employee's 8-hour TWA sound level was 94.2 dBA during the 317 minute sampling period. Time weighted average includes a zero increment for the 163 minutes not sampled.