[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: 30CFR62.174]

[Page 417]
 
                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 62--OCCUPATIONAL NOISE EXPOSURE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 62.174  Follow-up corrective measures when a standard threshold shift is detected.

    The mine operator must, within 30 calendar days of receiving 
evidence or confirmation of a standard threshold shift, unless a 
physician or audiologist determines the standard threshold shift is 
neither work-related nor aggravated by occupational noise exposure:
    (a) Retrain the miner, including the instruction required by 
Sec. 62.180 of this part;
    (b) Provide the miner with the opportunity to select a hearing 
protector, or a different hearing protector if the miner has previously 
selected a hearing protector, from among those offered by the mine 
operator in accordance with Sec. 62.160 of this part; and
    (c) Review the effectiveness of any engineering and administrative 
controls to identify and correct any deficiencies.