29OccupationalSafetyandHealthAdmin.,Labor§1926.52ofcontinuousclothtoweling,conven-ienttothelavatories,shallbepro-vided.(4)Showers.(i)Whenevershowersarerequiredbyaparticularstandard,theshowersshallbeprovidedinaccord-ancewithparagraphs(f)(4)(ii)through(v)ofthissection.(ii)Oneshowershallbeprovidedforeach10employeesofeachsex,ornu-mericalfractionthereof,whoarere-quiredtoshowerduringthesameshift.(iii)Bodysoaporotherappropriatecleansingagentsconvenienttotheshowersshallbeprovidedasspecifiedinparagraph(f)(3)(iii)ofthissection.(iv)Showersshallbeprovidedwithhotandcoldwaterfeedingacommondischargeline.(v)Employeeswhouseshowersshallbeprovidedwithindividualcleantow-els.(g)Eatinganddrinkingareas.Noem-ployeeshallbeallowedtoconsumefoodorbeveragesinatoiletroomnorinanyareaexposedtoatoxicmate-rial.(h)Vermincontrol.Everyenclosedworkplaceshallbesoconstructed,equipped,andmaintained,sofarasreasonablypracticable,astopreventtheentranceorharborageofrodents,insects,andothervermin.Acon-tinuingandeffectiveexterminationprogramshallbeinstitutedwheretheirpresenceisdetected.(i)Changerooms.Wheneveremploy-eesarerequiredbyaparticularstand-ardtowearprotectiveclothingbecauseofthepossibilityofcontaminationwithtoxicmaterials,changeroomsequippedwithstoragefacilitiesforstreetclothesandseparatestoragefa-cilitiesfortheprotectiveclothingshallbeprovided.[44FR8577,Feb.9,1979;44FR20940,Apr.6,1979,asamendedat58FR35084,June30,1993]§1926.52Occupationalnoiseexposure.(a)ProtectionagainsttheeffectsofnoiseexposureshallbeprovidedwhenthesoundlevelsexceedthoseshowninTableD–2ofthissectionwhenmeas-uredontheA-scaleofastandardsoundlevelmeteratslowresponse.(b)WhenemployeesaresubjectedtosoundlevelsexceedingthoselistedinTableD–2ofthissection,feasiblead-ministrativeorengineeringcontrolsshallbeutilized.Ifsuchcontrolsfailtoreducesoundlevelswithinthelevelsofthetable,personalprotectiveequip-mentasrequiredinsubpartE,shallbeprovidedandusedtoreducesoundlev-elswithinthelevelsofthetable.(c)Ifthevariationsinnoiselevelin-volvemaximaatintervalsof1secondorless,itistobeconsideredcontin-uous.(d)(1)Inallcaseswherethesoundlevelsexceedthevaluesshownherein,acontinuing,effectivehearingcon-servationprogramshallbeadminis-tered.TABLED–2—PERMISSIBLENOISEEXPOSURESDurationperday,hoursSoundleveldBAslowresponse8.........................................................................906.........................................................................924.........................................................................953.........................................................................972.........................................................................10011⁄2.....................................................................1021.........................................................................1051⁄2.......................................................................1101⁄4orless...........................................................115(2)(i)Whenthedailynoiseexposureiscomposedoftwoormoreperiodsofnoiseexposureofdifferentlevels,theircombinedeffectshouldbeconsidered,ratherthantheindividualeffectofeach.Exposuretodifferentlevelsforvariousperiodsoftimeshallbecom-putedaccordingtotheformulasetforthinparagraph(d)(2)(ii)ofthissec-tion.(ii)Fe=(T1/L1)+(T2/L2)+···+(Tn/Ln)Where:Fe=Theequivalentnoiseexposurefactor.T=Theperi...
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