Safety & Training Short: Hearing Protection

Don’t take your ability to hear for granted.
 
If you are not careful, you can lose your hearing. If you are exposed to very loud noise or moderately loud noise for an extended period, you must take some form of hearing protection precautions.
When must hearing protection be provided and worn?

• The “Best Practices” approach to hearing protection requires that whenever a worker’s noise exposure is at or above an 8-hour average of 85 decibels, hearing protection should be worn.
• The best defense against hearing loss is to use engineering and work-practice controls to eliminate the excessive exposure wherever possible.
• If you are exposed to loud noises intermittently - wear protection.
• Rule of thumb: If you have to raise your voice to talk to someone, you are in an area where the noise level is at or above 85 decibels, and you should be wearing hearing protection.

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