404 - Hearing Protection
- Hearing protection shall be worn in designated high-noise areas, in temporary high-noise work situations, or as designated by management.
- Permanent high-noise areas greater than 85 dB requiring hearing protection are posted and include power block buildings, including turbine/generator area, the reactor/containment areas, intake structures and diesel buildings. For permanent high-noise areas where double hearing protection (earplugs plus earmuffs) is required, the area will be posted with this requirement.
- The site safety coordinator can repost permanent high-noise areas during outages as not requiring hearing protection if a noise survey shows noise levels are less than 85 dB.
- Temporary high-noise areas greater than 85 dB may be posted as required hearing protection.
- It is your responsibility to keep hearing protectors in sanitary condition and replace them as needed.
- Electronic hearing protection is permitted so long as it has an NRR factor provided by the manufacturer and the user follows manufacturer’s suggested use.