Text For Citation: 03 Item/Group: 001A Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.9(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent: a) 421 East 16th Street (Washing/Drying Area): An employee who performs loading of soiled sheets and towels onto a conveyor leading to a washing machine, was exposed to a continuous noise level at 99.6% of the allowable 8-hour time weighted average sound level (90dBA). The equivalent dBA level of 99.6% is approximately 89.9 dBA. The sampling was performed during 508 minutes during one shift, with zero exposure assumed for any unsampled periods of time. The employer did not administer a continuing effective hearing conservation program, thus exposing employees to irreversible hearing loss, on or about, 9/27/16. b) 421 East 16th Street (Washing/Drying Area): An employee who performs loading/unloading of sheets and towels into drying machines after the wash cycle, was exposed to a continuous noise level at 83.8% of the allowable 8-hour time weighted average sound level (90dBA). The equivalent dBA level of 83.8% is approximately 88.7 dBA. The sampling was performed during 484 minutes during one shift, with zero exposure assumed for any unsampled periods of time. The employer did not administer a continuing effective hearing conservation program, thus exposing employees to irreversible hearing loss, on or about, 9/27/16. c) 421 East 16th Street (Washing/Drying Area): An employee who performs loading/unloading of sheets and towels into drying machines, following the wash cycle, was exposed to a continuous noise level at 72.5% of the allowable 8-hour time weighted average sound level (90dBA). The equivalent dBA level of 72.5% is approximately 87.6 dBA. The sampling was performed during 500 minutes. during one shift, with zero exposure assumed for any unsampled periods of time. The employer did not administer a continuing effective hearing conservation program, thus exposing employees to irreversible hearing loss, on or about, 9/27/16.