OSHA Compliance
Occupational health resources related to osha compliance.
How Compliance Tracking Improves Hearing Test Completion and OSHA Compliance
Hearing test due dates are hard to track. Each one runs from a different employee's first exposure, and every required test that…
What must an employer do when noise exposure reaches 85 dB time-weighted average (TWA)?
At 85 dB time-weighted average (TWA), the same five obligations begin under 29 CFR 1910.95: noise exposure monitoring with results communicated to…
What is OSHA 29 CFR 1910.95?
29 CFR 1910.95 is OSHA's occupational noise exposure standard for general industry. It sets the permissible exposure limit (PEL) at 90 dB…
When is a hearing conservation program required?
A hearing conservation program is required when any employee's noise exposure equals or exceeds 85 dB averaged over an 8-hour shift. That's…
How Employee Satisfaction with Hearing Testing Impacts OSHA Compliance
Two facilities can run identical hearing conservation programs and get very different results. Research shows the difference comes down to employee satisfaction…
The Value of Professional Supervisors in a Hearing Conservation Program
Offering Hearing Conservation Program (HCP) administration to your model of service provision is an excellent way to help clients run compliant programs…
How Employee Satisfaction with Hearing Testing Drives OSHA Compliance
Safety climate research connects employee experience with hearing testing directly to OSHA compliance outcomes — including an 11% reduction in hearing loss…
Tablet-Based Hearing Testing — Compliance, Noise Monitoring, and Data
SHOEBOX’s Director of Audiology and Business Unit Manager break down how tablet-based audiometry works, why continuous noise monitoring produces more valid results,…
Finding the Right Room for OSHA-Compliant Boothless Hearing Testing
Expert guidance on selecting and optimizing a testing room for OSHA-compliant boothless audiometry — covering ambient noise monitoring, HVAC troubleshooting, and practical…
How a Safety Manager Took Control of OSHA-Compliant Hearing Testing
Watch a real-world walkthrough of how a safety manager streamlined their occupational hearing testing program to achieve full OSHA compliance using SHOEBOX…
OSHA Compliance: Simplifying Occupational Hearing Testing
A practical guide to building an OSHA-compliant in-house audiometric testing program — without a sound booth, without a mobile testing truck, and…
Audiometer Calibration Simplified: Tips and Solutions for Precision, Control, and Compliance
Introduction Accuracy is crucial in audiology. This starts with ensuring that your audiometric equipment is calibrated correctly in order to obtain dependable…