Under 29 CFR 1910.95, any Texas industrial facility with worker noise exposure at or above 85 dBA averaged over an 8-hour shift must run a full Hearing Conservation Program. Exposure at or above 90 dBA makes hearing protection mandatory and requires engineering or administrative controls. Texas has no state OSHA plan, so federal Region 6 in Dallas enforces this directly, with no local softening of the rule. If you want to know where your facility stands before spending a doll