[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: 30CFR62.174]



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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.  62.174  Follow-up corrective measures when a standard threshold 

shift is detected.



    The mine operator must, within 30 calendar days of receiving 

evidence or confirmation of a standard threshold shift, unless a 

physician or audiologist determines the standard threshold shift is 

neither work-related nor aggravated by occupational noise exposure:

    (a) Retrain the miner, including the instruction required by Sec.  

62.180 of this part;

    (b) Provide the miner with the opportunity to select a hearing 

protector, or a different hearing protector if the miner has previously 

selected a hearing protector, from among those offered by the mine 

operator in accordance with Sec.  62.160 of this part; and

    (c) Review the effectiveness of any engineering and administrative 

controls to identify and correct any deficiencies.