Belte r r a Cor p or at ion S afety M an ual D oc I D C H S M BE L 2 0 1 7 Pa g e 1 88 of 53 8 HEARING CO NS ER VATIO N AND CONTROL S Doc u m e n t Identif icat ion S E L 022 P age Nu m b e r 1 of 7 Doc u m e n t 1 st C r e at e d J a nua r y 1 2013 Im p le m e n tat ion Dat e o n Re vised Doc u m e n t J a n 20 2017 1 0 SCO PE AN D A PPLI CATIO N This prog r a m applies to a ll e mpl o y e e s who wor k i n nois e ha z a rd a r e a s or w ho ha ve the pote nti a l t o de ve lop noi se induc e d he a ring loss a s a r e sult of the ir oc c up a ti on Nuisa nc e noise w hich ma y be irr it a ti ng or a nno y in g to s ome pe ople but whic h is not l oud e noug h to be a ssocia ted w it h nois e in duc e d he a rin g loss doe s not fa ll unde r this pro g ra m 2 0 CR ITE R IA F OR NO I SE E X POSUR E 21 I ndivi dua l Ex posure An indi vidual is c onsi de re d nois e e x pose d if he she ha s the pote nti a l t o de ve lo p oc c upa ti ona l noi se indu c e d he a rin g loss R e g ular e x posure to noi se lev e ls g r e a te r tha n a ti me w e i ghted a ve ra ge of 85 d B A or a n e quivale nt noise e x posure a s li sted in Ta ble 1 is assoc iate d with t he de ve lopm e nt of noise ind uc e d he a rin g loss The leve l of 85 d B A is not a f ine line be twe e n sa fe a nd ha z a rdous noise e x posure s S ome indivi du a ls ma y b e more susc e pti ble to the e ff e c ts of nois e a n d ma y b e a t risk of de v e l oping noise induc e d he a r ing loss whe n re g ular l y e x pose d to s ound leve ls betwe e n 80 a nd 85 d B A Althoug h the r isk betw e e n 80 a nd 85 dB A is l owe r tha n that a sso c iate d with re g ul a r e x posure to noise leve ls gre a t e r tha n 85 d B A e mpl o y e e s who w or k in s uc h si tuations s ha ll be infor med a nd o ff e re d a pprop ria te h e a rin g p rote c ti on