280.11 - EAR-PROTECTIVE DEVICES.
280.11 EAR-PROTECTIVE DEVICES.
1. Every student and teacher in any public or nonpublic school
shall wear industrial quality ear-protective devices while the
student or teacher is participating in any phase or activity of a
course which may subject the student or teacher to the risk or hazard
of hearing loss from noise in processes or procedures used in
vocational or industrial arts shops or laboratories involving
experiences with any of the following:
a. Milling, sawing, turning, shaping, cutting, grinding, or
stamping of any solid materials.
b. Kiln firing of any metal or other materials.
c. Electric arc welding.
d. Repair or servicing of any vehicle while in shop.
e. Static tests, maintenance or repair of internal combustion
engines.
f. Letter press, paper folders, monotype.
2. It shall be the duty of the teacher or other person
supervising the students in said courses to see that the above
requirements are complied with. Any student failing to comply with
such requirements may be temporarily suspended from participation in
the course and the registration of a student for the course may be
canceled for willful, flagrant or repeated failure to observe the
above requirements.
3. The board of directors of each local public school district
and the authorities in charge of each nonpublic school shall provide
the safety devices required in this section. Such devices may be
paid for from the general fund, but the board may require students
and teachers to pay for the safety devices and shall make them
available to students and teachers at no more than the actual cost to
the district or school.
4. a. "Industrial quality ear-protective devices", as used in
this section, means devices meeting the American National Standard
for Measurement of the Real-Ear Attenuation of Ear Protectors at
Threshold promulgated by the American National Standards Institute,
Inc.
b. "Noise" as used in this section, means a noise level that
meets or exceeds damage-risk criteria established by the present
federal standard for occupational noise exposure, Occupational Safety
and Health Standards. Section History: Early Form
[C75, 77, 79, 81, § 280.11] Section History: Recent Form
99 Acts, ch 96, §28