Occupational hearing loss is the most significant health hazard in today's workplace. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) estimate that 22 million U.S. workers are subjected to potentially damaging occupational noise each year. In 1983 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) incorporated the Hearing Conservation Amendment (HCA) into its existing Occupational Noise Exposure Standard in Title 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1910.95. A hearing conservation program is designed to protect workers with significant occupational noise exposures (85 decibels (dB) or above) from hearing impairment […]
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