WAC 296-849-130   Rules for exposure control areas.  

     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.

     Contents:

     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, 49.17.060. 05-01-172, § 296-849-130, filed 12/21/04, effective 3/1/05.]