Summary:

Your responsibility:

To protect employees from exposure to benzene by using feasible exposure controls and appropriate respirators.

IMPORTANT:

These sections apply when existing or potential employee exposure monitoring results are above either of the following permissible exposure limits (PELs):

• The eight-hour time-weighted average (TWA8) of 1 part per million (ppm);

• The fifteen-minute short-term exposure limit (STEL) of 5 ppm.

You must meet the requirements…	in this section:
Exposure control plan	WAC 296-849-13005
Exposure controls	WAC 296-849-13020
Respirators	WAC 296-849-13045

[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. WSR 18-22-116, § 296-849-130, filed 11/6/18, effective 12/7/18; WSR 05-01-172, § 296-849-130, filed 12/21/04, effective 3/1/05.]

PDFWAC 296-849-130

Rules for exposure control areas.