maintained on personnel placed in the program. Noise
and engineering control methodology guidance and
levels will be eliminated or reduced through the use of
assistance to CNET.
engineering controls.
THE CHIEF OF NAVAL EDUCATION AND
Personal hearing protective devices will be
TRAINING.-- The Chief of Naval Education and
Training (CNET) must, with the assistance of
provided and used properly by personnel where
CHBUMED and CHNAVMAT, incorporate hearing
administrative or engineering controls are infeasible or
conservation and engineering control guidance
ineffective. All military and civilian personnel whose
information in the curricula of all appropriate training
duties expose them to potentially hazardous noise will
courses. It must provide specialized hearing
receive instruction regarding the command
conservation and engineering control training and
occupational noise control and hearing conservation
education, as required, and serve as the central source
programs, the undesirable effects of noise, the proper
for the collection, publication, and dissemination of
use and care of hearing protective devices, and the
information on specialized hearing conservation and
necessity of periodic hearing testing. Emphasis will be
engineering control training courses.
placed upon leadership by example as regards the
wearing of hearing protective devices. Command
NAVAL INSPECTOR GENERAL.-- The Naval
Inspector General (NAVINSGEN) must evaluate
policy must be enforced including the initiation of
hearing conservation and engineering control
disciplinary measures for repeated failure to comply
procedures during conduct of the Navy's Occupational
with the requirements of the hearing conservation
Safety and Health Inspection Program (NOSHIP)
program.
oversight inspections of activities ashore.
ENGINEERING OFFICER.-- OPNAVINST
PRESIDENT, BOARD OF INSPECTION AND
6260.2 outlines the shipboard program for hearing
SURVEY.-- The President of the Board of Inspection
Although the medical department
conservation.
and Survey (PRESINSURV) must be directly
representative has primary responsibility over this
responsible for oversight inspection aspects of
program, there are elements that the engineer officer
shipboard hearing conservation and engineering control
must monitor and which are subject to periodic review.
compliance. Inspections of fleet units must be
Periodic surveys must be accomplished to properly
incorporated into existing condition inspection
identify those areas within the propulsion spaces that fall
programs.
into the category "Noise Hazardous Area." These areas
COMMANDER, NAVAL SAFETY CENTER.--
must be marked, and personnel tasked with working in
The Commander of the Naval Safety Center
these areas must have available to them and use the
(COMNAVSAFECEN) must provide program
prescribed aural protective devices. Training and
evaluation, as requested, provide program promotion
discussion should emphasize the need for wearing these
through NAVSAFECEN publications, and review
devices and should stress the medical elements of
program compliance during the conduct of surveys.
hazards to hearing resulting from "nonuse." The
following paragraphs outline the specific actions to be
FLEET COMMANDER IN CHIEF.-- Fleet
taken by the engineering officer and subordinates to
Commanders in Chief and other major commanders,
commanding officers, and officers in charge must
ensure the effectiveness of the command program.
ensure that all Navy areas, work sites, and equipment
The engineering officer will do the following:
under their responsibtity are identified as potentially
hazardous and labeled following OPNAVINST 6260.2
1. Ensure that all newly reporting personnel have
where noise levels are 85 dBA or greater or where
received a baseline audiogram and that each individual's
impulse or impact noise exceeds a peak sound pressure
medical record reflects the results of this examination.
level of 140 dB. Where necessary, surveys must be
2. Ensure that all engineering department
conducted in compliance with the guidance outlined in
personnel receive an annual reexamination by a medical
OPNAVINST 6260.2, enclosure (l). Enclosure (3) of
activity.
OPNAVINST 6260.2 provides a listing of activities
where industrial hygiene assistance may be obtained.
3. Advise the medical department representative,
by memorandum, of personnel by name who are
Where a potential noise hazard has been identified,
working or standing watches in areas determined to be
a hearing conservation program must be instituted
"high noise areas" and defined in OPNAVINST 6260.2.
following OPNAVINST 6260.2, and a roster will be
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