Wiki source code of AF 04 Hearing Conservation

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Ryan Larkin 1.1 5 **Washington County Sheriff's Office**
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7 **ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION**
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9 Policy Manual
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12 Volume: AF
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14 Health and Safety
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16 Chapter: 04
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18 Hearing Conservation
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21 Replaces and/or Supersedes:
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23 AG 05
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25 Published:
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27 11/30/2009
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29 Review Date:
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Ryan Larkin 3.1 31 02/23/2022
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Ryan Larkin 3.1 34 Sheriff Nate Brooksby
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Ryan Larkin 3.1 36 Undersheriff Barry Golding
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39 **__TABLE OF CONTENTS__**
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Ryan Larkin 2.1 41 AF 04_101 Definitions
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Ryan Larkin 2.1 43 AF 04_102 References
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Ryan Larkin 2.1 45 AF 04_103 Policy
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Ryan Larkin 2.1 48 **AF 04_101 __DEFINITIONS__**
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50 1. WCSO: Washington County Sheriff's Office
51 1. PCF: Purgatory Correctional Facility
Ryan Larkin 3.1 52 1. OSHA: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Ryan Larkin 1.1 53 1. TWA: Time-weighted average
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Ryan Larkin 2.1 55 **AF 04_102 __REFERENCES__**
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57 1. Utah Counties Insurance Pool:
58 11. WC-III.H.1.
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Ryan Larkin 2.1 60 **AF 04_103 __POLICY__**
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Ryan Larkin 2.1 62 1. Policy:
Ryan Larkin 3.1 63 11. Staff shall wear hearing protection when in areas with noise levels exceeding limitation and exposure time as defined by OSHA TWA (85 DBA over an eight-hour time period).
Ryan Larkin 2.1 64 11. Monitoring of areas that may be in excess of the TWA, will be at the discretion of the Sheriff.
65 11. Hearing protection shall be maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition.
Ryan Larkin 3.1 66 1. Rationale:
67 11. Preservation of hearing is important for both the employee's safety and the efficient operation of the Sheriff's Office.
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