Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 003A Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.95(d)(1): When information indicated that any employee's exposure equaled or exceed the 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels, the employer did not develop and implement a noise monitoring program: (a) The employer had not conducted noise monitoring at this location to determine which employees should be in a hearing conservation program. An employee (Track Maintenance) was exposed to continuous noise at 94.8 % of the permissible daily noise exposure (8-hour Time Weighted Average sound level of 90 dBA) during the 456 minute sampling period on July 16, 2014. For a full eight hour work shift this exposure would be equivalent to an average sound level of 90.6 dBA. Exposure calculations included a zero increment for the 24 minutes not sampled. (b) The employer had not conducted noise monitoring at this location to determine which employees should be in a hearing conservation program. An employee (Track Maintenance) was exposed to continuous noise at 108.7 % of the permissible daily noise exposure (8-hour Time Weighted Average sound level of 90 dBA) during the 271 minute sampling period on July 16, 2014. For a full eight hour work shift this exposure would be equivalent to an average sound level of 89.6 dBA. Exposure calculations included a zero increment for the 209 minutes not sampled. ABATEMENT VERIFICATION REQUIRED