[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 30, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 30CFR62.130]



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                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES

 

  CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

 

PART 62_OCCUPATIONAL NOISE EXPOSURE--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  62.130  Permissible exposure level.



    (a) The mine operator must assure that no miner is exposed during 

any work shift to noise that exceeds the permissible exposure level. If 

during any work shift a miner's noise exposure exceeds the permissible 

exposure level, the mine operator must use all feasible engineering and 

administrative controls to reduce the miner's noise exposure to the 

permissible exposure level, and enroll the miner in a hearing 

conservation program that complies with Sec.  62.150 of this part. When 

a mine operator uses administrative controls to reduce a miner's 

exposure, the mine operator must post the procedures for such controls 

on the mine bulletin board and provide a copy to the affected miner.

    (b) If a miner's noise exposure continues to exceed the permissible 

exposure level despite the use of all feasible engineering and 

administrative controls, the mine operator must continue to use the 

engineering and administrative controls to reduce the miner's noise 

exposure to as low a level as is feasible.

    (c) The mine operator must assure that no miner is exposed at any 

time to sound levels exceeding 115 dBA, as determined without adjustment 

for the use of any hearing protector.