[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 8]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1926.101]

[Page 183]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                                OF LABOR
 
PART 1926_SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart E_Personal Protective and Life Saving Equipment
 
Sec. 1926.101  Hearing protection.

    (a) Wherever it is not feasible to reduce the noise levels or 
duration of exposures to those specified in Table D-2, Permissible Noise 
Exposures, in Sec. 1926.52, ear protective devices shall be provided 
and used.
    (b) Ear protective devices inserted in the ear shall be fitted or 
determined individually by competent persons.
    (c) Plain cotton is not an acceptable protective device.