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

29 CFR 1910.95(i)(3): Employees were not given the opportunity to select their hearing protectors from a variety of suitable hearing protectors provided by the employer: a) Production area: An employee operating the small ball mill machine was exposed to 111.1% of the permissible daily exposure of 85 dBA (8-hour time weighted average) or an equivalent sound level of 90.7 dBA during the 460 minute sampling period on December 15, 2021. The exposure calculation included a zero increment for the 20 minutes not sampled. The employer has not provided the employee with a variety of hearing protection. b) Production area: An employee operating the eddy current machine was exposed to 79.20% of the permissible daily exposure of 85 dBA (8-hour time weighted average) or an equivalent sound level of 88.3 dBA during the 438 minute sampling period on December 15, 2021. The exposure calculation included a zero increment for the 42 minutes not sampled. The employer has not provided the employee with a variety of hearing protection. c) Production area: An employee operating the big ball mill machine was exposed to 68.66% of the permissible daily exposure of 85 dBA (8-hour time weighted average) or an equivalent sound level of 87.2 dBA during the 421 minute sampling period on December 15, 2021. The exposure calculation included a zero increment for the 59 minutes not sampled. The employer has not provided the employee with a variety of hearing protection. d) Production area: An employee operating the water table machine was exposed to 97.58% of the permissible daily exposure of 83.4 dBA (10-hour time weighted average) or an equivalent sound level of 89.8 dBA during the 569 minute sampling period on March 9, 2022. The exposure calculation included a zero increment for the 31 minutes not sampled. The employer has not provided the employee with a variety of hearing protection. e) Production area: An employee operating the eddy current machine was exposed to 72.99% of the permissible daily exposure of 83.4 dBA (10-hour time weighted average) or an equivalent sound level of 87.7 dBA during the 536 minute sampling period on March 9, 2022. The exposure calculation included a zero increment for the 64 minutes not sampled. The employer has not provided the employee with a variety of hearing protection. f) Production area: An employee operating the ball mill machine was exposed to 93.48% of the permissible daily exposure of 83.4 dBA (10-hour time weighted average) or an equivalent sound level of 89.5 dBA during the 555 minute sampling period on March 9, 2022. The exposure calculation included a zero increment for the 45 minutes not sampled. The employer has not provided the employee with a variety of hearing protection.