WAC 296-842-18010   Make sure employees leave the use area before removing respirators.  Make sure employees leave the use area for any of these reasons:

     – To replace air-purifying filters, cartridges, or canisters

     – When they smell or taste (detect) vapor or gas leakage from, for example, cartridges, canister, or the facepiece seal

     – When they detect changes in breathing resistance

     – To readjust their respirators

     – To wash their faces and respirators as necessary to prevent skin or eye irritation

     – If they become ill

     – If they experience sensations of dizziness, nausea, weakness, breathing difficulty, coughing, sneezing, vomiting, fever, or chills.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. 07-05-072, § 296-842-18010, filed 2/20/07, effective 4/1/07; 03-20-114, § 296-842-18010, filed 10/1/03, effective 1/1/04.]