Canadian Standards Assn. to update hearing conservation standard
Things are changing north of the 49th!
The Canadian Standards Association (CSA), a standards development body in Canada, has been asked by the federal, provincial, and territorial OHS regulatory authorities (CAALL-OSH) to develop a standard for the Management of Hearing Conservation Programs in Canada. The committee undertaking developing this standard has many NHCA members on it and much is being gleaned from work done in the United States and Australasia.
At CSA, standards are grouped under Technical Committees charged with a particular area of specialty (much like ANSI working groups). The Technical Committee on Occupational Hearing Conservation is supervising this standard. Under that Committee are the sub committees working on Hearing Protection Devices (SC1), Noise Exposure Assessment and Control (SC2), Hearing Surveillance (Audiometry) (SC3), Vibration Exposure Assessment and Control (SC4), and Hearing Conservation Program Management (SC5).