Environmental Health & Safety

Hearing Conservation Program

Revised 3/30/2024

Printable file is available with Adobe Acrobat Reader: PDF Version of the University's Hearing Conservation Program

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Scope

This program covers any University of Rochester Employee who, in the course of his/her duties, may perform work or use equipment that produces sound levels sufficient to cause hearing damage, as defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) or who may enter or perform work in areas where such hazardous sound levels are or may be present.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION
2. DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS
3. BACKGROUND
4. RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Occupational Safety Unit of Environmental Health & Safety
2. University Health Service
3. University Human Resources/HR Business Partners
4. University Administration, Directors and Principal Investigators
5. Supervisors and Managers
6. Hearing Protection Users
7. Audiometry and Threshold Shift Process
5. REQUIREMENTS OF OSHA'S OCCUPATIONAL NOISE EXPOSURE STANDARD AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER HEARING CONSERVATION PROGRAM
1. Monitoring
2. Audiometric Testing
3. Audiograms
4. Audiogram Evaluation
5. Hearing Protectors and Protector Attenuation
6. Training
7. Record Keeping and Access to Records

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