Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 004 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.95(i)(2): Employers shall ensure that hearing protectors are worn: 29 CFR 1910.95(i)(2)(i):By an employee who is required by paragraph (b)(1) of this section to wear personal protective equipment; The employer did not require employees exposed to an 8-hour time-weighted average of 90 decibels or greater to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) in the form of hearing protection. a. The employer provided hearing protection but did not require hearing protection be worn by employees. 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 provided hearing protection but did not require hearing protection be worn by employees. 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 provided hearing protection but did not require hearing protection be worn by employees. 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. d. The employer provided hearing protection but did not require hearing protection be worn by employees. An employee working in the cut shop was exposed to continuous noise at 230.5% (90 threshold) on October 26, 2021 which exceededthe 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. e. The employer provided hearing protection but did not require hearing protection be worn by employees. An employee working in the recycle shop was exposed to continuous noise at 180.5% (90 threhold) 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.