Section 296-307-598. Voluntary respirator use requirements.

Your responsibility:

To make sure voluntary use of respirators by employees does not create job safety or health hazards.

You must:

Make sure voluntary use of respirators is safe

WAC 296-307-59805

Keep voluntary use respirator program records

WAC 296-307-59810.

IMPORTANT:

• Respirator use is NOT voluntary if a respiratory hazard, such as exposure to a substance over the permissible exposure limit (PEL) or hazardous exposure to an airborne biological hazard, is present.

• To evaluate respiratory hazards in your workplace, see WAC 296-307-624, Respiratory hazards.

• Some requirements in this section do not apply if only filtering-facepiece respirators are used voluntarily. Some filtering-facepiece respirators are equipped with a sorbent layer for absorbing "nuisance" organic vapors. These can be used for voluntary use, but are not NIOSH certified for protection against hazardous concentrations of organic vapor.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. WSR 05-01-166, § 296-307-598, filed 12/21/04, effective 4/2/05.]

RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. WSR 05-01-166, § 296-307-598, filed 12/21/04, effective 4/2/05.

Rules

296-307-59805,296-307-59810,296-307-624,