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);
OR
• The fifteen-minute short-term exposure limit (STEL) of 5 ppm.
You must meet the requirements… | in this section: |
Exposure control plan | |
Exposure controls | |
Respirators | |
[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.]