ATLAS Occupational Safety and Hearing Conservation
For workplace safety and worker engagement
With Summer approaching, it is important to know about the dangers of a silent workplace hazard - HEAT
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Heat is the leading weather-related killer
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It also exacerbates existing health problems like asthma, kidney failure, and heart disease
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It affects those working outdoors and indoors
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It reduces sound quality of hearing aids and can even damage the aids
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Heat stress killed 815 U.S. workers and seriously injured more than 70,000 workers (1992-2017)
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However, it is a highly underestimated hazard
We are participating in OSHA's Beat the Heat campaign
with infographics to raise knowledge of this hazard so that you can protect yourself and others.
Be a Cool Hero
Help yourself: Know your risks, symptoms and protect yourself
Help others: Outdoors and Indoors heat safety programs, wellness-check on others, using OSHA-NIOSH Heat Safety Tool, getting prompt medical attention
CLICK on the Cool Hero infographics to download and use
English and Spanish
ATLAS program is the future of
Occupational Hearing Health and Safety
- Hearing Conservation per OSHA and NIOSH regulations, recommendations
- Worker engagement per OSHA, NIOSH and NSC principles for total worker well-being
- Self-management of hearing health per FDA OTC Rule principles
Supports:
Worker involvement in hearing conservation, extending beyond workplace
Demonstration of commitment to safety culture
Cost-effective measures
Subject matter expertise:
OSHA Training Institute & NSC Certifications
CAOHC Certification
Licensed Audiologist
FDA Liaison and Regulatory Scientist
Informed by real-world input from workers and management
Hearing Conservation Training
Hearing
Impaired
Accommodation
Total
Worker
Health
CAOHC: Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation
FDA: Food and Drug Administration
NIOSH: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NSC: National Safety Council
OSHA: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OTC: Over-The-Counter
Versión en español
Hearing Conservation Training
Hearing Impaired Accommodations
for workplaces exceeding OSHA Permissible Noise Exposures
29CFR1910.95 compliance
Federal and applicable State regulations, Worker engagement and self-management principles
Hearing impaired accomodations
OSHA SHIBs, FDA OTC Rule for self-treatment, Practices for collaboration and communication,
EEOC and ADA resources
Effectiveness
Job Safety Analysis, hierarchy of controls, address company and employee needs, metrics, record-keeping
Implementation
Fit to existing company training, Online option, Signage and reminders, Monitoring
Total Worker Health
for engagement in workplace and personal hearing conservation
Self-Care ePortal
Webinars
User support
Information generated from federal resources and updated to stay current
Relevant to daily activities - at work and outside work
Self-paced education and evaluation tools
Technology for haring protection and hearing loss treatment
Private and confidential
Our current engagement in
Occupational Hearing Safety and Health
2023: NHCA annual conference presentation on 'Self-managed Hearing Health eTool : An integration of FDA, OSHA and NIOSH directives'
2022: Host of OSHA Safe and Sound Week, Nationwide event: Webinar on 'The Future of Hearing Safety and Health Program'
2022: MHSRS Annual conference: Poster presentation on 'An Interactive Self-Analysis eTool for managing Hearing Health'
2022: NSC-MSD Solutions Lab: We took Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSD) pledge to reduce injury and better understand the relationship to risk factors such as hearing loss.