The ORCBS - Occupational Safety - Programs & Guidelines

Based on the MIOSHA requirements as described above the following areas of responsibility are designated:

1. The Office of Radiation, Chemical and Biological Safety (ORCBS):

The ORCBS is responsible for the overall coordination and implementation of the HCP. This includes:

providing regulatory guidance and assistance in compliance with OSHA regulations.
coordinating efforts to reduce hazardous noise by engineering and/or administrative controls where feasible.
providing Unit Administrators with a copy of the Occupational Noise Standard, which is to be posted in the workplace as required by the standard.
conducting a comprehensive noise survey for identification of employees to be included in the program. The ORCBS will follow the recommendation made by the National Institutes for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to conduct noise surveillance on employees using noise dosimeter and integrated sound level meters in two-year intervals.
providing noise surveys on a requested or as needed basis;
provide an on-line annual training program, and
oversee a worker training database