Occupational Noise Exposure for Railroad Operating Employees

*** The collection of information is used by FRA to ensure that covered railroads establish and implement noise monitoring, hearing conservation, and audiometric testing programs to protect their employees against the damaging and potentially dangerous effects of excessive noise in the workplace. It should be noted that this collection of information is mandatory under 49 CFR Part 227. This collection of information affects Class I, Class II, and Class III railroads. The frequency of the information collected occurs on an annual basis as well as an occasional basis. Reporting information collected by FRA includes waiver requests to the Administrator to be exempted from all or part of the Part 227 requirements; information on affected railroads' Noise Monitoring and Hearing Conservation Programs; testing/retesting results for baseline and periodic audiograms of affected railroad employees; and hearing protection attenuation evaluations for specific noise environments in which hearing protection will be used. FRA Recordkeeping information under this information collection includes employee occupational noise and hearing conservation training records. Additionally, railroads must make exposure measurement records for specific locations available to regional or national labor representatives upon request. Further, railroads must maintain audiometric test records and must keep locomotive cab noise testing/certification records. The purpose of this information collection is to protect the health and safety of railroad employees and to mitigate as much as possible the harmful effects of excessive noise in the railroad environment.

The latest form for Occupational Noise Exposure for Railroad Operating Employees expires 2021-05-31 and can be found here.