Section 296-855-400. Exposure control.  


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  • Summary:
    Your responsibility:
    To protect employees from exposure to ethylene oxide (EtO) by using feasible exposure controls and appropriate respirators.
    IMPORTANT:
    • These sections apply when employee exposure monitoring results are above either of the following permissible exposure limits (PELs):
    – The eight-hour time-weighted average (TWA8) of one part per million (ppm);
    OR
    – The fifteen-minute short-term exposure limit (STEL) of five ppm.
    [Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. WSR 05-17-168, § 296-855-400, filed 8/23/05, effective 1/1/06.]
RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. WSR 05-17-168, § 296-855-400, filed 8/23/05, effective 1/1/06.