[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 30, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 30CFR62.130]

[Page 414]
 
                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 62--OCCUPATIONAL NOISE EXPOSURE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 62.130  Permissible exposure level.

    (a) The mine operator must assure that no miner is exposed during 
any work shift to noise that exceeds the permissible exposure level. If 
during any work shift a miner's noise exposure exceeds the permissible 
exposure level, the mine operator must use all feasible engineering and 
administrative controls to reduce the miner's noise exposure to the 
permissible exposure level, and enroll the miner in a hearing 
conservation program that complies with Sec. 62.150 of this part. When a 
mine operator uses administrative controls to reduce a miner's exposure, 
the mine operator must post the procedures for such controls on the mine 
bulletin board and provide a copy to the affected miner.
    (b) If a miner's noise exposure continues to exceed the permissible 
exposure level despite the use of all feasible engineering and 
administrative controls, the mine operator must continue to use the 
engineering and administrative controls to reduce the miner's noise 
exposure to as low a level as is feasible.
    (c) The mine operator must assure that no miner is exposed at any 
time to sound levels exceeding 115 dBA, as determined without adjustment 
for the use of any hearing protector.