Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting Requirements
osha-workplace-safety · Occupational Safety and Health Administration · Published 2002-07-01 · 67 FR 44037
Document
Document number
02-16392
Federal Register citation
67 FR 44037
CFR reference
29 CFR 1904
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
osha-workplace-safety
Sub-agency
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Publication date
2002-07-01
DOL docket
Docket No. R-02A
Abstract
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is revising the hearing loss recording provisions of the Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting Requirements rule published January 19, 2001 (66 FR 5916-6135), scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2003 (66 FR 52031-52034). This final rule revises the criteria for recording hearing loss cases in several ways, including requiring the recording of Standard Threshold Shifts (10 dB shifts in hearing acuity) that have resulted in a total 25 dB level of hearing above audiometric zero, averaged over the frequencies at 2000, 3000, and 4000 Hz, beginning in year 2003.