Fed-OSHA has issued a final rule on recording occupational hearing loss that will require employers to record a work-related loss case when an employee's hearing test shows a marked decrease in overall hearing.The final rule was published in the July 1, 2002, Federal Register. Fed-OSHA delayed implementing the hearing loss provisions when the recordkeeping rule went into effect last year.The new rule will require the recording of 10 decibel (dB) shifts in hearing acuity from an empl
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