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Written by Lori Driskill
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Tuesday, 14 September 2010 20:43 |
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Myth: "We use respirators on a voluntary basis so I don’t need to meet any requirements of the OSHA respiratory protection program (29 CFR 1910.134)."
Wrong. Even though you are using the product voluntarily and the use is below Permissible Exposure Levels (PEL), you are still required to follow OSHA’s written respiratory protection program (1910.134(c)(1)). This is to ensure that:
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any employee using a respirator is medically able to use one
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the respirator is cleaned, stored and maintained so that future use does not present a health hazard to the user
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Voluntary respirator users have received the information contained in Appendix D of 1910.134.
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An example of this, if employees choose to wear a non NIOSH approved mask (nuisance level dust mask) on a voluntary basis those employees are not required to be included in a written respiratory program but still must be provided Appendix D.
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