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P ‘Occupational Safety and Heatth Admin., Labor $1910.95 of the booth falls below that specified fn Table G-20 (Goa) Means for heating make-up air to any spray booth or room, before oF At the time spraying is norimally per formed, shall bo provided in all places ‘whore tho outdoor tomperatare may be expected to remain below 55 "F. for ap= brectable periods of time during the op- ration of the booth except where ade- ‘quate and safe means of radiant heat Ing for ail operating personnel affocted fs provided. The replacement alr during the heating seasons ahall be maine tained at not less than 60 °F. atthe point of entry into tho spray booth oF Spray room. When otherwise unheated ‘iake-up aif would be av a temperature fof more than 10 °F. below room tom= perature, Its Lemperature shall be regu [ited as. provided In section 863 of ANSI 28 25960. (6) As an alternative to an air re placement system complying with the Preceding. section, general heating of fhe building in which the spray room, or booth is located may be employed Provided that all occupied parts of the Building are maintained. ab not. leas than 68°F. whon the exhaust system ts Im operation or the goncral heating sys tem supplemented By other sources of boat may be employed to meet thle ne- quirement. (6) No moans of heating mako-up air ‘shall be located in a spray booth, i Where make-up alr is heated by coal oF ofl, the products of combustion Shall not be allowed to mix with the make-up air, and the products of com- Bustion shall be conducted outside the ‘building through a flue terminating at a point remote from all points where make-up alr enters the bulding. (o) Where make-up alr is heated by gas, and the products of combustion fre not mixed with tho make-up air but tre conducted through an independent fe to a point outside the building r= mote trom ail points where make-up fir enters the building, it is not moc fseary to comply with paragraph (oyeniiwi) of this section, (A Where make-up air to any mam ally operated spray booth or room 19 hated by gas and the products of com bastion are allowed to mix with the supply air, the following precautions ‘must be taken: (D) The gas must have a distinctive and strong enough odor vo warn Worle mon in a spray booth or Tom of 13 Dresence ifm ap unburned state in the ‘make-up air (@) The maximum rate of gas supply co the make-up ale heater’ burners fmust not exceed ‘that which mould Yield tn excess of 200 p.p.m. (parts por million) ‘of varbon monoxide or 2,000 pip.m of total combustible gases sn the Inixture if the unburned gas upon the bcourrence of fame failure were mixed ith all of the maze-up alr supplied. () A fan must bo provided to doliver the mixture of heated air and products fof combustion rom the plonum cham- bor housing tho gas burmors to the spray booth er room. (8) Scope. Spray booths or spray rooms ure to be used to enclose oF cone ‘Gne ail spray finishing operations cov fred by this paragraph (c). This para fraph doos not apply to the spraying of {he exteriors of bulldings, fxed tanks, for similar structures, nor to small portable spraying apparatus not used Fopoatedly in the same location. (a9 2502, Fano 2,194. as amended at $0 EP Sao, Jam aah ot We sme, Mar, Sept. 9.208 $1910.95 Occupational noise exposure. (a) Protection against the effects of noise exposure shail be provided when fhe sound levele exceed thoce shown in Table O-Ié when measure’ on the A scale of a standard sound level moter at slow response. When noise levele are ‘lotormined by octave band analysis, the equivalent A-weighted sound level smay be determine as follows ai §1910.95 29 CFR Ch, XVII (7=1-10 Eaton) ‘Tate G-16—Penmissmce NOBE ‘Seosvnes Comins le we. ped va \ 4 ona ton ae oN ANNES) ae = 2 ted ieaernacrey arse 3 wl Equivalent sound ovel contours Octave ‘band sound presace loves may be converted ‘Acweighsod sound tovel comepondiag to the point ov higncet pencertion tno the sound Tovel contours. Tois equivalent Acwoiphtod Table hoe (hyd) When employees are subjected to sound ‘exceeding those. listed in ‘Table G16, foastble administrative or engineering controls shall be utilized Hf such controls {sil to reduce sound levels within tne Ievels of Table G16, personal protective equipment shall be Provided and sed to reduce sound let la wit the levels of the table, (2) Ifthe variations in noise lovel in volve maxima at intervals of 1 second br less, it 1s to bo considered contin- “Tasie G-16—PeaMissint= NOISE EXPOSURES? (©) Hearing conservation program. (2) ‘The employer shall adminicter acon ‘muing, effective hearing conservation prograta, ae described in paragraphs (©) Snrough (0) of this section, whenever employes noise exposures equal or ex feel ap @-hour Ume-weighted average Sound lovel (TWA) of 88 decibels meas ‘ured on the A scale (slow response) or, fequivelontly, a dose of ity porcent For purpocts of the hearing conserva ion program, employee Molse. expo sures Shall be computed in accordance with appendix A and Table G-160, and ‘without regard to any attenuation pro- ‘ided by the use of personal protective guipment. ‘@) For purposes of paragraphs (e) hrough (2) of this section, an hour ime-weighted average of #5 decibels oF a dose of tisty percent shall also be ferred to as tho action lovel “) Monitoring. (1) When information indicates that any employee's exposure may eaual or exeoed an @-bour time Weighted average of 8 decibels, the employer shall devsiop and implement a monitoring program, GV Tho sampling strategy shall be do signed to identity employees for inclu Sion in the hearing consorvation Bro gram and to enable the proper selec Hon of hearing protectors i Where elroumstances such as high worker mobility, significant variations In sound level, or a significant compo- ‘ont of impulse noise maxe area moni toring generally inappropriate, the om- ployer shall use representative por Sonal. stmpling to comply with ‘the mmonitering requirements of this para Eraph unless the omployer can Show hat area sampling produces equivalent osuite 212 ‘Occupational Safety and Heatth Admin., Labor $1910.95 (VG) ADL continuous, intermittent and impulsive sound levels. dom a0 Aeoibele to 130 dovibels shall be into= {grated into the noise measurements ‘Gi Instruments used to measure om- ployee noise exposure hall be alt= brated to onsure measurement acts (G) Monitoring shall_be repeated ‘whonover a change in production, proc- fsa, equipment of comtrola Increases foize axpacuros to the extent that () Aidditional employees may be ex posed at or above the action level; oF GD “The “attenuation provided by hearing protectors being Used by em loyecs may be rendored inadoquats to feet the requirements of paragrapls () bf this eoction, e) Bmployee notification, ‘The _em- plover shall notity each employee ex Posed at or above an Shour timo Weighted average of 85 decibels of the osults of the monitoring. (0 Observation of monstaring, The ome ployer shal provide atfectod employees br their representatives with an oppor tunity to observe any noise measure ments conducted pursuant to this sec Hon (@) Audiometric testing program. ‘The omployer shall sstablich and maine als an audiometric testing program 43 provided in this paragraph by making Auilometric testing avatlable to all employees whose exposures equal or ex- Geetl an S-hour timesweighted. average of #8 decibal (0) The program shall be provided at ro cost to emplover (@) Audiometric teste shall be per~ formed by a licensed or cortifiod audi slogist, otolaryngologist, or other Dby= Sela, or by a technician who is c2t~ tified by the Gounell of Accreditation m Occupational Hoaring Conservation fr who has satisfactorily demonstrated competence in administering Audiometric examinations, obtaining ‘valid audiograms, and properly using. maintaining and ‘checking calibration fd proper functioning of the audiom- tent belng Used. A technichan Who Ob. Grates” microprocessor audiomstars floes not neod to be certified. A techn'= tian who performs audiomstric tests must be responsible to an audiologist, tolaryngolonist or physician, (All auiograms obtained pursuant to this asction shall most the sequit= rents of appondix C: dudiometric Meas- firing dnstraments (@) Baseline audiogram. (i) Within 6 monte of an emplov'ee's szat expawure Stor above the action level, the eme Plover shall establish a valid baseline Audiogeam against which subsequent audiograms can So compared. (is) Mobile test van exception. Where mobile tert vans aro used vo meet the fudiometric testing obligation, the em- loyer shall obtain a valid baseline Sudiogram within 1 yoar of an employ~ e's frst exposure at or above the ac lon level. Where baseline audiograms fre obtained more than § months atter She ‘employee frst exposure at ot Stove the action level, employees shall ‘wearing hearing protectors for any pe Flod exceeding six -monthe after ‘lest exposure until the baseline audiogram Seabiained Gab Testing to establish a baseline audiogram shall be preceded by al least Ta hours without exposure £0 Workplace poise. Hearing protectors may be used as a substitute. for the requirement Ghat baseline audiograms be preceded by 11 hours without exposure to work: place noise (Gv) ‘The employer shall notify om- plovees of the need to avoid high fevels ef non-occupational noise exposure turing the Uehour period immediately preceding the audlometrio examina () Annual audiogram, At least anni ally after obtaining the bassline audio fram, the employer shall obtaln a new Sudiogram for each employee exposed At or above an S-hour Lime-weighted vorage of 8 decibels. ) Koaluation of audiogram,

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