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ABD00095008 1910.132 Title 29--Labor National Plant Pood Institute, 1700. K Street NW., Washington. DC 20006. Compressed Gas Association. Inc.. 500 Fifth Avenue. New York. NY 10036. American Society of Mechanical Engineers Inc.. United Engineering Center. 345 East 47th Street, New York. NY 10017. American Petroleum Institute. 1801. K Street NW., Washington..DC 20006. National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors. 1155 North High Street. Columbus. OH 43201. American National Standards Institute. 1430 Broadway, New York. NY 10018. American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), 1916 Race Street. Philadelphia, PA 19103. Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. (UL). 207 East Ohio Street, Chicago, IL 60611. Fertilizer Institute. 1015 18th Street NW.. Washington. DC 20036. (Sec. 6. 84 Stat. 1593 <29 U.S.C. 655)) C39 FR 23502. June 27. 1974. as amended at 40 FR 18426. April 28. 1975] Subpart I---Personal Protective Equipment 1910.132 General requirements. (a) Application. Protective equip ment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and ex tremities, protective clothing, respira tory devices, and protective shields and barriers, shall be provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reli able condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radio logical hazards, or mechanical irri tants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact. (b) Employee-owned equipment Where employees provide their own protective equipment, the employer shall be responsible to assure its ade quacy, including proper maintenance, and sanitation of such equipment. (c) Design. All personal protective equipment shall be of safe design and construction for the work to be per formed. 1910.133 Eye and face protection. (a) General (I) Protective eye and face equipment shall be required where there is a reasonable probabil ity of injury that can be prevented by such., equipment. In such cases, em ployers shall make conveniently avail able a type of protector suitable for the work to be performed, and em ployees shall use such protectors. No unprotected person shall knowingly be subjected to a hazardous environmen tal condition. Suitable eye protectors shall be provided where machines or operations present the hazard of flying objects, glare, liquids, injurious radiation, or a combination of these hazards. (2) Protectors shall meet the follow ing minimum requirements: (i) They shall provide adequate pro tection against the particular hazards for which they are designed. (ii) .They shall be reasonably com fortable when worn under the desig nated conditions. (iii) They shall fit snugly and shall not unduly interfere with the move ments of the wearer. (iv) They shall be durable. (v) They shall be capable of being disinfected. (vi) They shall be easily cleanable. (vii) Protectors should be kept clean and in good repair. (3) Persons whose vision requires the use of corrective lenses in spectacles, and who are required by this standard to wear eye protection, shall wear gog gles or spectacles of one of the follow ing types: (i) Spectacles whose protective lenses provide optical correction. (ii) Goggles that can be worn over corrective spectacles without disturb ing the adjustment of the spectacles. (iii) Goggles that incorporate correc tive lenses mounted behind the protec tive lenses. (4) Every protector shall be distinct ly marked to facilitate identification only of the manufacturer. (5) When limitations or precautions are indicated by the manufacturer, they shall be transmitted to the user and care taken to see that such limita tions and precautions are strictly ob served. (6) Design, conscruction. testing, and use of devices for eye and face protec tion shall be in accordance with American National Standard for Occu pational and Educational Eye and Face Protection. Z87.1-1968. 292 ABD00095009 Chapter XVII--Occupational Safety and Health Administration 1910.134 1910.134 Respiratory protection. (a) Permissible practice. (1) In the control of those occupational diseases caused by breathing air contaminated with harmful dusts, fogs, fumes, mists, gases, smokes, sprays, or vapors, the primary objective shall be to prevent atmospheric contamination. This shall be accomplished as far as feasible by accepted engineering control measures (for example, enclosure or confine ment of the operation, general and local ventilation, and substitution of less toxic materials). When effective engineering controls are not feasible, or while they are being instituted, ap propriate respirators shall be used pursuant to the following require ments. (2) Respirators shall be provided by the employer when such equipment is necessary to protect the health of the employee. The employer shall provide the respirators which are applicable and suitable for the purpose intended. The employer shall be responsible for the establishment and maintenance of a ' respiratory protective program which shall include the requirements outlined in paragraph (b) of this sec tion. (3) .The employee shall use the pro vided respiratory protection in accord ance with instructions and training re ceived. (b) Requirements for a minimal ac ceptable program. (1) Written stand ard operating procedures governing the selection and use of respirators shall be established. (2) Respirators shall be selected on the basis of hazards to which the worker is exposed. (3) The user shall be instructed and trained in the proper use of respira tors and their limitations. (4) Where practicable, the respira tors should be assigned to individual workers for their exclusive use. (5) -Respirators .shall be regularly cleaned, and disinfected. Those issued for 'the exclusive use of one worker should-becleaned after each day's use, or more often if necessary. Those used by more than one worker shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected after each use. (6) Respirators shall be stored in a convenient, clean, and sanitary loca tion. (7) Respirators used routinely shall be inspected during cleaning. Worn or deteriorated parts shall be replaced. Respirators for emergency use such as self-contained devices shall be thor oughly inspected at least once a month arid after each use. (8) Appropriate surveillance of work area conditions and degree of em ployee exposure or stress shall be maintained. (9) There shall,be regular inspection and evaluation to determine the con tinued effectiveness of the program. (10) Persons should not be assigned to tasks requiring use of respirators unless it has been determined that they are physically able to perform the work and use the equipment. The local physician shall determine what health and physical conditions are pertinent. The. respirator user's medi cal status should be reviewed periodi cally (for instance, annually). (ID Approved or accepted respira tors shall be used when they are avail able. The respirator furnished shall provide adequate respiratory protec tion against the particular hazard for which it is designed in accordance with standards established by compe tent authorities. The U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Mines, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are recognized as such authorities. Al though respirators listed by the UJS. Department of Agriculture continue to be acceptable for protection, against specified pesticides, the U.S. Depart ment of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, is the agency now responsible for test ing and approving pesticide respira tors. (c) Selection of respirators. Proper selection of respirators shall be made according to the guidance of American National Standard Practices for Respi ratory Protection Z88.2-1969. `(H'AirzguaUty.y'X 1)' CompressecL air, co^pressed.^xygeh, liquid and liquid hxygen^fcsed^or jresplrafiqn shall be- of. high-purity.dxygen'shall meet- the^requinements of the`Uriited States' Pharmacopoeia forVmedical; or breathingroxygen. Breathing' air'sliall meet at least the requirements ofttie 293 ABD00095010 1910.134 Title 29--Labor T > `-t i l c c / specification for Grade D breathing air as dc&ribed iirGfiWipressefrass As sociation Commodity Specification G7.1-1966. Compressed oxygen shall not be used in supplied-air respirators or in open circuit self-contained breath ing apparatus that have previously used compressed air. Oxygen must never be used with air line respirators. (2) Breathing air may be supplied to respirators from cylinders or air com pressors. (i) Cylinders shall be tested and maintained as prescribed in the Ship ping Container Specification Regula tions of the Department of Transpor tation (49 CPR Part 178). (ii) The compressor for supplying air shall be equipped with necessary safety and standby devices. A breath ing air-type compressor shall be used. Compressors shall be constructed and situated .so as to avoid entry of con taminated air into the system and suit able in-line air purifying sorbent beds and filters installed to further assure breathing air quality. A receiver of sufficient capacity to enable the respi rator wearer to escape from a contami nated atmosphere in event of compres sor failure, and alarms to indicate compressor failure and overheating shall be installed in the system. If an oil-lubricated compressor is used, it shall have a high-temperature or carbon monoxide alarm, or both. If only a high-tempezature alarm is used* the air from; the ^compressor shall be frequently*tested `fbrSsarboh^mbhoxlde to ihsure'^that*lt^ebtsHiie.'specifica- tions -in paragraph (dXl):bf:this sec tion; (3) Air line couplings shall be incom patible with outlets for other, gas sys tems to prevent inadvertent servicing of air line respirators.with nonrespira- ble gases or oxygen. (4) Breathing gas containers shall be marked in accordance with American National Standard Method of Marking Portable Compressed. Gas Containers to Identify the Material Contained, Z48.1-1954; Federal Specification BBA-1034a, June 21, 1968, Air, Com pressed for Breathing Purposes; or In terim Federal Specification GG-B00675b, April 27, 1965, Breathing Ap paratus. Self-Contained. (e) Use of respirators. (1) Standard procedures shall be developed for res pirator use. These should include all information and guidance necessary for their proper selection, use, and care. Possible emergency and routine uses of respirators should be anticipat ed and planned for. (2) The correct respirator shall be specified for each job. The respirator type is usually specified in the work procedures by a qualified individual supervising the respiratory protective program. The individual issuing them shall be adequately instructed to insure that the correct respirator is issued. Each respirator permanently assigned to an individual should be du rably marked to indicate to whom it was assigned. This mark shall not affect the respirator performance in any way. The date of issuance should be recorded. (3) Written procedures shall be pre pared covering safe use of respirators in dangerous atmospheres that might be encountered in normal operations or in emergencies. Personnel shall be familiar with these procedures and the available respirators. (i) In areas where the wearer, with failure of the respirator, could be over come by a toxic or oxygen-deficient at mosphere, at least one additional man shall be present. Communications (visual, voice, or signal line) shall be maintained between both or all indi viduals present. Planning shall be such that one individual will be unaffected by any likely incident and have the proper rescue equipment to be able to assist the other(s) in case of emergen cy. (ii) When self-contained breathing apparatus or hose masks with blowers are used in atmospheres immediately dangerous to life or health, standby men must be present with suitable rescue equipment. (iii) Persons using air line respirators in atmospheres immediately hazard ous'to life or health shall be equipped with safety harnesses and safety lines for lifting or removing persons from hazardous atmospheres or other and equivalent provisions for the rescue of persons from hazardous atmospheres shall be used. A standby man or men with suitable self-contained breathing v 294 A ABD00095011 Chapter XVII--Occupational Safety-and Health Administration 1910.134 apparatus shall be at the nearest fresh air base for emergency rescue. (4) Respiratory protection is no better than the respirator in use, even though it is worn conscientiously. Fre quent random inspections shall be con ducted by a qualified individual to assure that respirators are properly se lected, used, cleaned, and maintained. (5) For safe use of any respirator, it is essential that the user be properly instructed in its selection, use, and maintenance. Both supervisors and workers shall be so instructed by com petent persons. Training shall provide the men an opportunity to handle the respirator, have it fitted properly, test its face-piece-to-face seal, wear it in normal air for a long familiarity period, and, finally, to wear it in a test atmosphere. (i) Every respirator wearer shall re ceive fitting instructions including demonstrations and practice in how the respirator should be worn, how to adjust it, and how to determine if it fits properly. Respirators shall not be worn when conditions prevent a good face seal. Such conditions may be a growth of beard, sideburns, a skull cap that projects under the facepiece, or temple pieces on glasses. Also, the ab sence of one or both dentures can seri ously affect the fit of a facepiece. The worker's diligence in observing these factors shall be evaluated by periodic check. To assure proper protection, the facepiece fit shall be checked by the wearer each time he puts on the respirator. This may be done by fol lowing the manufacturer's facepiece fitting instructions. (ii) Providing respiratory protection for individuals wearing corrective glasses is a serious problem. A proper seal cannot be established if the temple bars of eye glasses extend through the sealing edge of the full facepiece. As a temporary - measure, glasses with short temple bars or with out temple bars may be-taped to the wearer's head. Wearing of- contact lenses in -contaminated.atmospheres with a respirator shall not be allowed. Systems have been -developed for mounting corrective lenses inside full facepieces. When a workman must wear.corrective lenses as. part of the facepiece, the facepiece and lenses shall be fitted by qualified individuals to provide good vision, comfort, and a gas-tight seal. (iii) If corrective spectacles or gog gles are required, they shall be worn so as not to affect the fit of the facepiece. Proper selection of equipment will minimize or avoid this problem. (f) Maintenance and care of respira tors. (1)A program for maintenance and care of respirators shall be adjust ed to the type of plant, working condi tions, and hazards involved, and shall include the following basic services: (1) Inspection for defects (including a leak check), (ii) Cleaning and disinfecting. (iii) Repair, (iv) Storage Equipment shall be properly main tained to retain its original effective ness. (2) (i) All respirators shall be in spected routinely before and after each use. A respirator that is not rou tinely used but is kept ready for emer gency use shall be inspected after each use and at least monthly to assure that it is in satisfactory working condi tion. (U) Self-contained breathing appara tus shall be inspected monthly. Air and oxygen cylinders shall be fully charged according to the manufactur er's instructions. It shall be deter mined that the regulator and warning devices function properly. (iii) Respirator inspection shall in clude a check of the tightness of con nections and the condition of the facepiece, headbands, valves, connecting tube, and canisters. Rubber or elas tomer parts shall be inspected for pli ability and signs of deterioration. Stretching and manipulating rubber or elastomer parts with a massaging action will keep them pliable and flexible and prevent them from taking a set during storage. (iv) A record shall be kept of inspec tion dates and findings for respirators maintained for emergency use. (3) Routinely used-respirators shall be.vcollected.'-cieaned, and disinfected as frequently as necessary to. insure that proper,.protection is<provided;for the wearer. Each worker, should" be briefed on the cleaning procedure-and be-assured that he will always receive 295