OSHA recordkeeping · 29 CFR 1904
When is hearing loss OSHA recordable?
When an annual audiogram shows a standard threshold shift — an average change of 10 dB or more at 2000, 3000 and 4000 Hz in either ear — and the worker's total hearing level is 25 dB or more above audiometric zero in the same ear.
Why
- Recordable hearing loss. 29 CFR 1904.10
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