Many interested folks were disappointed — and others probably relieved — to see OSHA’s much-discussed rule covering hearing conservation programs for construction workers slip further down the regulatory ladder when the latest agenda for standards-setting was published. Specific hearing conservation measures for construction sites is now filed under “long-term actions.â€
This “downgrading†becomes more perplexing if you review the transcript from OSHA’s October 2004 Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health’s (ACCSH) meeting. In October it seemed that the program was pushing forward.