Safety Council

Description

Topic: OSHA requirements for Hearing Conservation
Speakers:   Larry Gioviunazzo, Au.D,Owner & President
 Ohio Hearing Conservation & Consulting

Professional Bio:
Dr. Larry Giovinazzo is the owner and president of Ohio Hearing Conservation & Consulting and has dedicated more than 30 years to the field of audiology. Throughout his career, he has worked on both sides of hearing healthcare—first helping individuals rehabilitate hearing loss through clinical audiology, hearing aids, and patient counseling, and now focusing exclusively on preventing occupational hearing loss before it occurs.
As a Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.), Dr. Giovinazzo specializes in occupational hearing conservation, mobile audiometric testing, workplace noise exposure assessment, hearing protection fit testing, and OSHA hearing conservation program compliance. His company provides onsite hearing conservation services to employers throughout the region, helping organizations protect their employees' hearing while meeting regulatory requirements.

Topic:
OSHA 1910.95 requires a hearing conservation program when an employee’s Time Weighted Average (TWA) is equal to or exceeds 85 dBA. The guideline also stipulates that employees exposed to 90 dBA of noise or greater that it is mandatory for them to wear hearing protection and further states that engineering controls should be used for exposures over 100 dBA TWA. We will make sure you company is in compliance with OSHA 1910.95.