WAC 296-835-11050   Protect employees that use liquids that may burn, irritate, or otherwise harm the skin.  

     You must:

     (1) Make sure washing facilities, including hot water, are available for every ten employees that work with dip tank liquids.

     (2) Satisfy medical requirements:

     • Make sure an employee with any small skin abrasion, cut, rash, or open sore receives treatment by a properly designated person.

     • Make sure an employee with a sore, burn, or other skin lesion that needs medical treatment, has a physician's approval before they perform their regular work.

     • Make sure employees who work with chromic acid receive periodic examinations of their exposed body parts, especially their nostrils.

Note:	• Periodic means on a yearly basis unless otherwise indicated.
	• Any time chromic acid spills onto an employee's skin or their clothing is saturated, a physician should be responsible for evaluating and monitoring the area where chromic acid made contact with the skin.

     You must:

     (3) Provide lockers or other storage space to prevent contamination of street clothes.

     Reference: You have to do a hazard assessment to identify hazards or potential hazards in your workplace and determine if PPE is necessary to protect your employees. See Personal protective equipment (PPE), WAC 296-800-160, in the safety and health core rules, chapter 296-800 WAC.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, [49.17].040, and[49.17].050 . 02-15-102, § 296-835-11050, filed 7/17/02, effective 10/1/02.]