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Title:

Noise Hazard Assessment and Control

Publication date:

6/18/2013

Effective date:

4/4/2013

BRIEF

Policy Summary

The Noise Hazard Assessment and Control Program at Berkeley Lab ensures personnel are protected from noise hazards by:

  • Evaluating potential noise hazards
  • Implementing noise-reduction controls where feasible and providing hearing protection
  • Performing periodic hearing examinations
  • Providing hearing-protection training and
  • Identifying high-noise areas with signage

Who Should Read This Policy

Berkeley Lab employees, visitors, affiliates, and subcontractors who could be performing work in or around high-noise sources

To Read the Full Policy, Go To:

The POLICY tab on this wiki page

To Read the ES&H Program Details, Go To:

http://www.lbl.gov/ehs/pub3000/CH39.html

Contact Information

Noise/Hearing Conservation Subject Matter Expert
Industrial Hygiene Group
EHSS Division
End Brief

Title:

Noise Hazard Assessment and Control

Publication date:

6/18/2013

Effective date:

4/4/2013

POLICY

A. Purpose

The Noise Hazard Assessment and Control Program at Berkeley Lab ensures personnel are protected from noise hazards by:

  • Evaluating potential noise hazards
  • Implementing noise-reduction controls where feasible and providing hearing protection
  • Performing periodic hearing examinations
  • Providing hearing-protection training and
  • Identifying high-noise areas with signage

B. Persons Affected

Berkeley Lab employees, visitors, affiliates, and subcontractors who could be performing work in or around high-noise sources

C. Exceptions

Not applicable

D. Policy Statement

It is the policy of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) to maintain work environments that will not adversely affect the health, safety, and well-being of Berkeley Lab workers. Other on-site workers such as construction contractors are required to have similar programs to protect their employees.
The Berkeley Lab Noise Hazard Assessment and Control Program requires the use of engineering controls, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment to maintain employees' occupational noise-exposure levels below the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value (TLV); and requires compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration federal regulatory requirements. Employees exposed to noise levels at or above the ACGIH TLV will be enrolled in the Noise Hazard Assessment and Control Program.

E. Roles and Responsibilities

Role

Responsibilities

Workers

Request an exposure assessment when a concern is present regarding potential noise exposure, and follow all guidance provided in training and work processes to evaluate and control exposures

Supervisors and Work Leads

Request an exposure assessment when a concern is present regarding potential exposure; and ensure that persons within their areas of responsibility comply with this policy and its implementing documents, and have completed the required training prior to beginning work

Industrial Hygienist

Facilitates appropriate noise surveys and/or sampling

Health Services

Provides audiometric testing and maintains enrollment in the Noise Hazard Assessment and Control Program


F. Definitions/Acronyms

See the ES&H Manual Noise Hazard Assessment and Control program for technical terms related to the details of this policy and its implementation.

Term

Definition

 

 

ACGIH

American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists

 

 

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations

 

 

Exposure Assessment

The process of defining exposure profiles and judging the acceptability of workplace exposures to environmental agents. These assessments may be quantitative, semi-quantitative, or qualitative. These assessments are generally conducted by an EHSS professional, which may include industrial hygienists or safety engineers. These assessments may be conducted for representative employees and are not required to be conducted for each individual. In all cases, employees have full access to exposure monitoring information, including situations where an individual's exposure is not monitored.

 

 

Threshold Limit Value (TLV)

TLVs for noise refer to sound pressure levels and durations of exposure to which nearly all workers may be repeatedly exposed without adverse effect. These values are developed and published by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH).

 

 

 

 

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G. Recordkeeping Requirements

EHSS is responsible for keeping records of the following:

  • Job Hazard Analysis
  • AHD
  • Audiometric evaluation
  • Training records
  • Noise hazard evaluations
  • Exposure monitoring results

H. Implementing Documents

Document number

Title

Type

07.07.022.001

Noise Hazard Assessment and Control

Program

07.07.022.002

Work Process A, General Requirements

Process

07.07.022.003

Work Process B, Noise Monitoring and Hazard Assessment

Process

07.07.022.004

Work Process C, Controlling Nuisance Noise

Process

07.07.022.005

Work Process D, Controlling Hazardous Noise

Process

07.07.022.006

Work Process E, Audiometric Testing and Hearing Conservation Training

Process

I. Contact Information

Noise/Hearing Conservation Subject Matter Expert
Industrial Hygiene Group
EHSS Division

J. Revision History

Date

Revision

By whom

Revision Description

Section(s) affected

Change Type

1/2/2012

0

H. Toor

Rewrite for wiki (brief)

All

Minor

6/18/2013

1

H. Toor

Rewrite for wiki (policy)

All

Minor



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DOCUMENT INFORMATION


Title:

Noise Hazard Assessment and Control

Document number

07.07.022.000

Revision number

1

Publication date:

6/18/2013

Effective date:

4/4/2013

Next review date:

4/4/2016

Policy Area:

Industrial Hygiene and Safety

RPM Section (home)

ESH

RPM Section (cross-reference)

None

Functional Division

EHSS

Prior reference information (optional)

PUB-3000 Section 4.5 moved to Chapter 39

Source Requirements Documents

  • 29 CFR 1910.95, Occupational Noise Exposure
  • 10 CFR 851.23(10), DOE Worker Safety and Health Program Implementing Documents
  • LBNL/PUB-3851, Worker Safety and Health Program


Implementing Documents

Document number

Title

Type

07.07.022.001

Noise Hazard Assessment and Control

Program

07.07.022.002

Work Process A, General Requirements

Process

07.07.022.003

Work Process B, Noise Monitoring and Hazard Assessment

Process

07.07.022.004

Work Process C, Controlling Nuisance Noise

Process

07.07.022.005

Work Process D, Controlling Hazardous Noise

Process

07.07.022.006

Work Process E, Audiometric Testing and Hearing Conservation Training

Process


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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION


Title:

Noise Hazard Assessment and Control

Document number

07.07.022.000

Revision number

1

Publication date:

6/18/2013

Effective date:

4/4/2013

Next review date:

4/4/2016

Policy Area:

Industrial Hygiene and Safety

RPM Section (home)

ESH

RPM Section (cross-reference)

None

Functional Division

EHSS

Author name/contact info

H. Toor

 

 

Revision 0 publication date

1/2/2012

Retirement date

n/a

Prior reference information (optional)

 

 

 

Inputs from more than one Functional Area?

 

List additional Functional Areas & contacts

 

 

 

Inputs from more than one Policy Area?

 

List additional Policy Areas & contacts

 

 

 

30-day notification needed?

No

30-day start date

n/a

30-day end date

n/a

 

 

LDAP protected?

No

 

 

Need TABL reminders?

No

Frequency

n/a

Brief reminder text:

n/a

 

 

Approval Sheet for this revision received (date)
[Note: author is responsible]

 

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