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I suspect I have lost some ability to hear due to working in a high noise environment for the past 10 years. I work for a contractor to a major oil refinery. I have found that OSHA requires my company to provide me with earplugs and is required to give me a hearing test annually. My company does not furnish earplugs (they tell us to get them from other contractors or from the client). I have not had a hearing test since I have worked for the company. Since it is possible that they could be partly to blame, should I ask for them to give me the test or go to my own doctor? Are they partly to blame? I am sure they know that they must provide these tests. Are they required to let me know that OSHA requires these tests? If I knew I was to have annual tests I could have caught this early and prevented it. (I did have one test done by my former employer about 9 years ago, so there is a baseline test established.)
Thank you for your advice.
I suspect I have lost some ability to hear due to working in a high noise environment for the past 10 years. I work for a contractor to a major oil refinery. I have found that OSHA requires my company to provide me with earplugs and is required to give me a hearing test annually. My company does not furnish earplugs (they tell us to get them from other contractors or from the client). I have not had a hearing test since I have worked for the company. Since it is possible that they could be partly to blame, should I ask for them to give me the test or go to my own doctor? Are they partly to blame? I am sure they know that they must provide these tests. Are they required to let me know that OSHA requires these tests? If I knew I was to have annual tests I could have caught this early and prevented it. (I did have one test done by my former employer about 9 years ago, so there is a baseline test established.)
Thank you for your advice.