• Publication Date:
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• Fed Register #:
  88:26600-26610
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 83 (Monday, May 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26600-26610]
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[FR Doc No: 2023-09118]


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  88:15090-15100
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 47 (Friday, March 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15090-15100]
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  88:15080-15090
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 47 (Friday, March 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15080-15090]
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[FR Doc No: 2023-04883]


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  87:58379-58389
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 185 (Monday, September 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58379-58389]
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[FR Doc No: 2022-20782]

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[Docket No.

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  87:54536-54547
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54536-54547]
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[Docket No. OSHA-2022-0009]


Traylor Bros.

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  86:5253-5263
• Title:
  Ballard Marine Construction; Application for Permanent Variance and Interim Order; Grant of Interim Order

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5253-5263]
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Question: What rules must an employer ensure that a physician or other licensed health care professional use to make a determination that a hearing loss case is not work-related under section 1904.10(b)(6)?

Answer:

Physician or other licensed health care professional (PLHCP) must follow the rules set out in 1904.5 to determine if the hearing loss is work-related. If an event or exposure in the work environment either caused or contributed to the hearing loss, or significantly aggravated a pre-existing hearing loss, the physician or licensed health care professional must consider the case to be work related. It is not necessary for work to be the sole cause, or the predominant cause, or even a substantial cause of the hearing loss; any contribution from work makes the case work-related. The employer is responsible for ensuring that the PLHCP applies the analysis in Section 1904.5 when evaluating work-related hearing loss, if the employer chooses to rely on the PLHCP's opinion in determining recordability.

For more information, explore OSHA's Recordkeeping Requirements.

Question: If an employee experienced a recordable hearing loss case, where would the employer record the case on the OSHA 300 Log?

Answer:

Prior to 2004, employers should record work-related hearing loss cases according to the instructions included with the Recordkeeping Forms. If the loss is associated with an event, such as acoustic trauma (e.g., an explosion), it would be recorded as an injury with a check mark in column (M)(1). If the loss is not an injury, it would be recorded as an illness, with a check mark in the all other illness column. Beginning in January 2004, employers must record all hearing loss cases in the separate hearing loss column (M)(5).

For more information, explore OSHA's Recordkeeping Requirements.

Question: Which baseline is used to determine if a recordable Standard Threshold Shift (STS) has occurred this year?

Answer:

Employers should use the same baseline that they would use to comply with OSHA's Noise Standard, Part 1910.95. If the employer chose to revise an employee's baseline due to a previous STS, then the employer would use the same revised baseline when determining recordability under section 1904.10 of the recordkeeping regulation.

For more information, explore OSHA's Recordkeeping Requirements.

Question: If an employee suffers a Standard Threshold Shift (STS) in only one ear, may the employer revise the baselines for both ears?

Answer:

No. A Standard Threshold Shift, or STS, is defined in the occupational noise exposure standard at 29 CFR 1910.95(g)(10)(i) as a change in hearing threshold, relative to the baseline audiogram for that employee, of an average of 10 decibels (dB) or more at 2000, 3000, and 4000 hertz (Hz) in one or both ears. The employer is permitted only to revise the baseline in the ear where the employee suffered an STS change in hearing threshold.

For more information, explore OSHA's Recordkeeping Requirements.