Maintenance, Inspection, and Use
Part of the employees' responsibility toward wearing their hearing protector is to cultivate a vigilant attitude about hearing protection.
Employees should expect their hearing protectors to slip or work loose over time. Throughout their work shift, employees must periodically check to see if they need to readjust, refit, or replace their protectors to maintain a reliable fit.
Hearing protectors break and become worn. Employees also need to check their protectors regularly and to seek repair or replacement whenever necessary. Lastly, they can help each other by encouraging their co-workers to use hearing protectors and to seek help when they have problems.
Employees must guard against acquiring a false sense of safety. It is easy to misuse hearing protectors and reduce their effectiveness. Still, employees can prevail over most hearing health hazards if they:
- correctly wear their hearing protectors,
- wear their hearing protectors consistently, and
- maintain their hearing protectors by repairing or replacing them when necessary.
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4-11. Why should employees periodically check their hearing protection devices?
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