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| Why Keep Records in a Hearing Conservation Program? |
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-Required by law
-Evaluate priorities about noise controls
-To train & motivate employees
-Give information to audiogram reviewer |
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| What are some characteristics of good records? |
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Legible
• Accurate
• Thorough
• Organized
• Consistent with company’s policies & procedures (e.g. signature required?)
• Records may be examined by govt. inspectors, company, employees, other health/safety personnel |
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OSHA - Record Retention:
-Keep noise measures at least __ years
-Keep audiometric records as long as the worker is ___
-BEST PRACTICE: keep records at least ___ years after employee separation or retirement. |
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NIOSH recommends:
– Keep noise surveys for ___ years
– Keep audiometric records for duration of employment + ___
years
– Keep calibration records for __ years
– Keep HPD utilization records for ___ years |
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- OSHA : all required records must be provided upon request by _____________________________.
-OSHA requires that employers who stop doing business
must ___ all records to a successor employer, who must keep them for same periods as prescribed by ___.
-OSHA does not mention ___. |
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| employees, former employees, their representatives, & to OSHA; transfer; regulation; confidentiality |
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| What are some types of records? |
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| Noise measurements, audios, records of HPD type and use, and training attendance |
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Noise Measurements:
-Must notify all workers whose TWAs exceed ___ dBA of the noise measurement results. (does NOT have to be in writing, but it’s best to do so).
-___ ___ is ok to show areas where HPDs are mandatory. |
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| OSHA: requires employer to notify employees in writing within ___ days of determining STS. |
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-OSHA give employers retest opportunity within ___ days before recording STS.
-If retest confirms STS, loss must be recorded within __ days of retest.
-If retest does not confirm STS...
-If later testing indicates STS is not permanent, entry may be ___ ___. |
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Definition
| 30; 7; do not need to record case; lined out |
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Term
-US Veterans: ___ was the most prevalent service-connected disability (2008)
-US Veterans: Hearing loss was the ___ most prevalent service-connected disability (2008)
-___ million veterans received benefits for auditory problems in 2008 (Fig. 11.1)
-In General: ____ reported cases of hearing loss (2008, BLS) – the 2nd most prevalent work-related illness |
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| Tinnitus; 2nd; 1.2; 22,000 |
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| The purpose of the worker's compensation system is to minimize ___ ___ between companies & workers |
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Different Statutes Cover Different Workers:
-Military covered by ___
-Civilian federal employees covered by ______________.
-___ & ___ seaman not covered by compensation programs. |
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| VA; Federal Employee’s Compensation Act; Railroad; merchant |
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| What are some factors that influence compensation? |
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Definition
• Occupation
• Duration
• Earnings
• Life expectancy
• Tinnitus
• Age
• Factors may vary in different jurisdictions |
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| specified timeframe after injury or exposure to file a claim |
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Term
| Once a decision is made that work-related HL is present, many calculate a percentage of ___ ___ ___ |
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Definition
| binaural hearing impairment |
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Term
| How do you calculate a percentage of binaural hearing impairment? |
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Definition
| Find the PTA at 5,1,2,3 for each ear. Calculate % monaural impairment by take the (PTA5,1,2,3-25)(1.5%). Then calculate % binaural impairment by take (5(BEI)+WEI)/6 |
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-About __% of states allow age correction which is often ___
-Some states allow “___”
-Allocation: first calculate BI, then consider the relative
contributions of ___ |
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| 40; unfair; allocation; aging |
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Reasons for Not Allowing Age Corrections:
-For people 55-99 years: prevalence of HL is about ___%
–___% do not have presbyacusis
– worker may or may not have ___
-Presbyacusis is ___
-Unable to use ___ ___ to predict hearing for individual |
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| 40; 60; presbyacusis; variable; group data |
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Determination of the Compensation Amount:
-First find the percentage of ___ ___
-Use complicated ___ & base amounts for a specified # of ___
-Amounts are a particular percentage of the average ___ wage for the previous year |
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| hearing impairment; formulae; weeks; weekly |
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