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RIN: 1218-AB89

Publication ID: Fall 2002

Title: Hearing Conservation Program for Construction Workers
Abstract: OSHA issued a section 6(b)(5) health standard mandating a comprehensive hearing conservation program for noise-exposed workers in general industry in 1983. However, no rule was promulgated to cover workers in the construction industry. A number of recent studies have shown that many construction workers experience work-related hearing loss. In addition, the use of engineering, administrative and personal protective equipment to reduce exposures to noise is not extensive in this industry. OSHA issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking to gather information on the extent of noise-induced hearing loss among workers in different trades in this industry, current practices to reduce this loss, and additional approaches and protections that could be used to prevent such loss in the future.
Agency: Department of Labor(DOL)	Priority: Economically Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Prerule Stage
Major: Undetermined	Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1926.52
Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b) 40 USC 333

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
ANPRM	08/05/2002	67 FR 50610
Comment Period End	11/04/2002
Next Step To Be Determined	04/00/2003

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined	Government Levels Affected: None
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Agency Contact: Steven F. Witt Director, Directorate of Cooperative and State Programs Department of Labor 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room N-3700, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210 Phone:202 693-2200 Fax:202 693-1671 Email: witt.steven@dol.gov