OCFD Hearing Protection Guidelines

Question 1

What is the OCFD safety and health philosophy?

Answer 1

All OCFD employees return home from work as safe and healthy as they were when they arrived.

Question 2

If you are exposed to a sound as loud as your Pass device for ___- hours or longer per day, then all aspects of the SOP would be required by OSHA.

Answer 2

3 hours or longer per day.

Question 3

Based on audiometric surveys at emergency scenes, fire stations and maintenance shop, OCFD employees are ________

Answer 3

not currently exposed to occupational noise that necessitates the implementation of OSHA requirements.

Question 4

The Oklahoma City Fire Department shall complete noise level surveys every ____ years or when new equipment or technology is put in place.

Answer 4

2 years.

Question 5

The OCFD shall notify each employee exposed at or above an 8 hour time weighted average of ___ decibels of the results of the monitoring.

Answer 5

85 decibels

Question 6

OCFD shall establish a valid baseline audiogram against which subsequent audiograms can be compared within ____ months of an employee’s first exposure at or above 85 dB for eight hours.

Answer 6

6 months

Question 7

All fire recruits will receive a baseline audiogram prior to

Answer 7

employment with OCFD.

Question 8

At least ________ after obtaining the baseline audiogram, the OCFD shall obtain a new audiogram for any employee exposed at or above an 8 hour time weighted average of 85 decibels.

Answer 8

Annually

Question 9

The OCFD shall make hearing protectors available to all employees at no cost to employees. Hearing protectors currently available include:

Answer 9

Anti-noise Ear Muffs

Disposable ant-noise ear plugs

Question 10

The IC or officer in charge shall require the use of hearing protection when employees are;

Answer 10

performing a high level noise tasks

working near a high pressure gas leak

in the jump seat of an open cab that does NOT have an internal communications head set available during every code 1 or 3

near an engine running ABOVE idle speed

performing pumping and aerial ladder operations

Question 11

Anti-noise Muffs should be replaced by completing a

Answer 11

Personal Protective Equipment request form

Question 12

OCFD hearing protection guidelines will be evaluated __________ by the SAFETY OFFICE

Answer 12

annually

Question 13

Noise exposure measurement records shall be retained for ____ years.

Answer 13

2 years

Question 14

Audiometric test records shall be retained for _______

Answer 14

the duration of the affected employee’s employment