Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 005B Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.95(g)(8)(ii)(B): Employees already using hearing protectors were not refitted and retrained in the use of hearing protectors and provided with hearing protectors offering greater attenuation if necessary: a) Picking Room - On or about May 4, 2016, the employer did not retrain or refit an overexposed employee, slicing chicken shanks, in the use of hearing protection or provide hearing protectors offering greater attenuation when that employee was exposed to occupational noise above the Permissible Exposure Limit and sustained an age-adjusted Standard Threshold Shift average of 13.33 dB for the right ear in 2016. b) First Processing - On or about May 4, 2016, the employer did not retrain or refit an overexposed employee in the use of hearing protection or provide hearing protectors offering greater attenuation when that employee was exposed to occupational noise above the Permissible Exposure Limit and sustained an age-adjusted Standard Threshold Shift average of 63.33 dB for the right ear and 16.67 dB for the left ear in 2016. c) First Processing - On or about May 4, 2016, the employer did not retrain or refit an overexposed employee in the use of hearing protection or provide hearing protectors offering greater attenuation when that employee was exposed to occupational noise above the Permissible Exposure Limit and sustained an age-adjusted Standard Threshold Shift average of 21.33 dB for the right ear in 2016. d) First Processing - On or about May 4, 2016, the employer did not retrain or refit an overexposed employee in the use of hearing protection or provide hearing protectors offering greater attenuation when that employee was exposed to occupational noise above the Permissible Exposure Limit and sustained an age-adjusted Standard Threshold Shift average of 36.67 dB for the right ear and 40.00 dB in the left ear in 2015. e) First Processing - On or about May 4, 2016, the employer did not retrain or refit an overexposed employee in the use of hearing protection or provide hearing protectors offering greater attenuation when that employee was exposed to occupational noise above the Permissible Exposure Limit and sustained an age-adjusted Standard Threshold Shift average of 14.33 dB for the right ear and 16.00 dB in the left ear in 2015. f) First Processing - On or about May 4, 2016, the employer did not retrain or refit an overexposed employee in the use of hearing protection or provide hearing protectors offering greater attenuation when that employee was exposed to occupational noise above the Permissible Exposure Limit and sustained an age-adjusted Standard Threshold Shift average of 21.67 dB for the right ear in 2015. Abatement certification and documentation required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. Abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement or other written records.