WAC 296-856-400   Exposure control areas.  

     Your responsibility:

     To control employee exposure to airborne formaldehyde and protect employees by using appropriate respirators.

     IMPORTANT:

     • These sections apply when employee exposure monitoring results are above the permissible exposure limit (PEL):

     – The 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA₈) of 0.75 parts per million (ppm);

     OR

     – The 15-minute short-term exposure limit (STEL) of two parts per million (ppm).

     Section contents:

     Exposure controls

     WAC 296-856-40010.

     Establishing exposure control areas

     WAC 296-856-40020.

     Respirators

     WAC 296-856-40030.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. 06-08-087, § 296-856-400, filed 4/4/06, effective 9/1/06.]