What is the OCFD safety and health philosophy?
All OCFD employees return home from work as safe and healthy as they were when they arrived.
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.
3 hours or longer per day.
Based on audiometric surveys at emergency scenes, fire stations and maintenance shop, OCFD employees are ________
not currently exposed to occupational noise that necessitates the implementation of OSHA requirements.
The Oklahoma City Fire Department shall complete noise level surveys every ____ years or when new equipment or technology is put in place.
2 years.
The OCFD shall notify each employee exposed at or above an 8 hour time weighted average of ___ decibels of the results of the monitoring.
85 decibels
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.
6 months
All fire recruits will receive a baseline audiogram prior to
employment with OCFD.
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.
Annually
The OCFD shall make hearing protectors available to all employees at no cost to employees. Hearing protectors currently available include:
Anti-noise Ear Muffs
Disposable ant-noise ear plugs
The IC or officer in charge shall require the use of hearing protection when employees are;
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
Anti-noise Muffs should be replaced by completing a
Personal Protective Equipment request form
OCFD hearing protection guidelines will be evaluated __________ by the SAFETY OFFICE
annually
Noise exposure measurement records shall be retained for ____ years.
2 years
Audiometric test records shall be retained for _______
the duration of the affected employee’s employment