Industrial Hearing Services for Controlled & Cleanroom Environments
From semiconductors to soda, there are many industries that have strict product quality & safety protocols that must be adhered to. This can make employee safety programs difficult to administer, including hearing conservation. However, you shouldn’t have to choose between product safety & employee safety – our flexible process can tailor to your needs.
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Hearing conservation in the food & beverage industry
From mixing to bottling to milling, employees working in food & beverage industries are routinely exposed to noise levels above the OSHA Action Level of 85 decibels. At this point, most employers are required to implement an effective hearing conservation program, including annual hearing testing and providing employees with hearing protection.
Where hearing conservation meets quality & safety standards
However, many industries have tight quality standards that require employees to maintain an exceptionally clean working environment, from doffing & donning of food defense gear to decontamination processes. When it comes to hearing conservation, traditional industrial hearing testing services just don’t cut it.
Traditional OSHA hearing testing services just don't cut it
From production delays to inaccurate hearing testing to compromised product safety, traditional industrial hearing testing systems are never quite right for industries with high quality standards.
The old way #1: mobile hearing testing trucks
A common but unpopular way of complying with OSHA's industrial hearing testing guidelines is to bring in an external mobile hearing testing truck. While this can be often for a very few employers, it's not a recommended method for those looking for hearing testing alternatives.
Why? Hearing testing with trucks comes with a hidden cost - major increases in employee downtime.
One Oregon manufacturer discovered truck-based hearing testing forced them to shut down 1/3 of their production lines during the hearing testing event, causing a major drop in output & an operations headache.
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The old way #2: sending employees to local hearing testing clinics
Employers who realize that mobile hearing testing trucks are not a good long term solution may explore sending employees to local hearing testing clinics. However, this becomes extremely inefficient, and makes keeping track of hearing test records difficult.
Anadyne's flexible mobile hearing testing system for food & beverage manufacturers
A frozen food processing plant in Washington was struggling to manage their hearing conservation program alongside their food safety protocols. There were at least 6 individual steps that employees had to take from when they left their workstation to when they returned after receiving a hearing test:
- Remove gowns
- Walk outside
- Take a hearing test
- Walk inside
- Decontaminate
- Re-gown & glove
- Back to task
This meant employees were away from their work for over 30 minutes at a time.
Anadyne set up in accordance with food safety protocols in an easily accessible area for the employees, and provided hearing tests without them needing to leave the 'clean' processing area.
Anadyne's mobile hearing testing event cut the time away from task per employee to less than 10 minutes.
Hearing conservation in the food industry: the bottom line
The strict protocols of this industry call for a more adaptable option than traditional hearing testing services provide.
It’s less disruptive for one of our technicians to go through the decontamination process, than your whole team.
Our hearing testing & custom hearing protection solutions are designed to accommodate the unique needs of every company.
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