Washington Administrative Code
Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of
Chapter 296-817 - Hearing loss prevention (noise)
- Section 296-817-099 - Noise definitions
- Section 296-817-100 - Scope
- Section 296-817-200 - Hearing loss prevention program
- Section 296-817-20005 - Conduct employee noise exposure monitoring
- Section 296-817-20010 - Control employee noise exposures that equal or exceed 90 dBA TWA[8]
- Section 296-817-20015 - Make sure employees use hearing protection when their noise exposure equals or exceeds 85 dBA TWA[8]
- Section 296-817-20020 - Make sure exposed employees receive training about noise and hearing protection
- Section 296-817-20025 - Make sure warning signs are posted for areas where noise levels equal or exceed 115 dBA
- Section 296-817-20030 - Arrange for oversight of audiometric testing
- Section 296-817-20035 - Identify and correct deficiencies in your hearing loss prevention program
- Section 296-817-20040 - Document your hearing loss prevention activities
- Section 296-817-300 - Noise measurement and computation
- Section 296-817-30005 - Make sure that noise-measuring equipment meets recognized standards
- Section 296-817-30010 - Measure employee noise exposure
- Section 296-817-30015 - Use these equations when estimating full-day noise exposure from sound level measurements
- Section 296-817-400 - Audiometric testing
- Section 296-817-40005 - Provide audiometric testing at no cost to employees
- Section 296-817-40010 - Establish a baseline audiogram for each exposed employee
- Section 296-817-40015 - Conduct annual audiograms
- Section 296-817-40020 - Review audiograms that indicate a standard threshold shift
- Section 296-817-40025 - Keep the baseline audiogram without revision, unless annual audiograms indicate a persistent threshold shift or a significant improvement in hearing
- Section 296-817-40030 - Make sure a record is kept of audiometric tests
- Section 296-817-40035 - Make sure audiometric testing equipment meets these requirements
- Section 296-817-500 - Options to audiometric testing
- Section 296-817-50005 - Conduct hearing protection audits at least quarterly
- Section 296-817-50010 - Make sure staff conducting audits are properly trained
- Section 296-817-50015 - Assess the hearing protection used by each employee during audits
- Section 296-817-50020 - Document your hearing protection audits
- Section 296-817-50025 - Make sure third-party hearing loss prevention programs meet the following requirements
- Section 296-817-600
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