Section 296-856-400. Exposure control areas.

Your responsibility:

To control employee exposure to airborne formaldehyde and protect employees by using appropriate respirators.

IMPORTANT:

• These sections apply when employee exposure monitoring results are above the permissible exposure limit (PEL):

– The 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA8) of 0.75 parts per million (ppm);

OR

– The 15-minute short-term exposure limit (STEL) of two parts per million (ppm).

Section contents:

Exposure controls

WAC 296-856-40010.

Establishing exposure control areas

WAC 296-856-40020.

Respirators

WAC 296-856-40030.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. WSR 06-08-087, § 296-856-400, filed 4/4/06, effective 9/1/06.]

RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. WSR 06-08-087, § 296-856-400, filed 4/4/06, effective 9/1/06.

Rules

296-856-40010,296-856-40020,296-856-40030,