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Occupational Safety and Health Act
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smoking, storage of smoking materials, tobacco products or other products for chewing, or the chewing of such prod ucts. are prohibited in regulated areas.
(ii) Where employees wear protective clothing and equipment clean change rooms shall be provided, in accordance with I' 1910.141(e), for the number of such employees required to change
clothes. <iii> Where toilets are In regulated
areas, such toilets shall be in a separate room.
(Iv) Where employees are required by this section to wash, washing facilities
shall be provided In accordance with $ 1910.141 (d> (1> and (2) (U> through
<vii>. - (v) Where employees are required by this section to shower, shower facilities shall be provided is accordance with 9 1910.141(d) (3).
(4) Contamination control (1) Regu
lated areas, except for outdoor systems, shall be maintained under pressure neg ative with respect to nonregulated areas. Local exhaust ventilation may be used to satisfy this requirement, clean makeup
air In equal volume shall replace air ' removed.
(U> Any equipment, material, or other item taken into or removed from a reg ulated area shall be done so In a manner that does not cause contamination in nonregulated' areas or the external environment.
(iii)Decontamination procedures shall be established mid implemented to re move bis-chloromethy! ether from the
surfaces of materials, equipment and the decontamination facility.
(e) Si(ms, information and training.--
(1) Signs. (1) Entrances to regulated areas shall be posted with signs bearing the legend:
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Cancer-Suspect Agent
Authorized Personnel Only
(11) Entrances to regulated areas con taining operations covered in paragraph (c) (5) of this section shall be posted with signs bearing the legend:
Cancer-Suspect Acewt Exposed in This Area Impervious Sorr Including Gloves, Boots, and Air-Supplied Hood
Required at All Tikes Authorized Personnel Only
(iii) Appropriate signs and instruc tions shall be posted at the entrance to. and exit from, regulated areas, informing
employees of the procedures that must be louowed in entering I 'leaving a.regu-
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(2) Container contents identification. <i> Containers of bis-cMoromethyl ether
and containers required under para graphs (c)(4)(v) and (c) (6) (vii) (b), and (c) (6) (viii) <b) of this section which are accessible only to, and handled only by, authorized employees, or by other . employees trained in accordance with subparagraph (5) of this paragraph, may have contents identification limited to a generic or proprietary name, or other proprietary Identification, of the carcino gen and percent.
(il) Containers of bis-chloromethyl ether and containers required under paragraphs (c) (4) (v). (c) (6) (vii) (b>, and (c) (6) (vUi) (b> of this section which are accessible to, or handled by employ ees other than authorized employees or employees trained in accordance with subparagraph (5) of this paragraph shall have contents identification which in cludes the full chemical nam* and Chem ical Abstracts Service Registry number as listed in paragraph (a) (l) of this section.
(Ill)CoptAittftrs shall have the warning words "CANCER-SUSPECT AGENT" displayed immediately under nr adiarent to tiie contents identification.
(iv)Containers wrucn nave bis-chloromethyl ether contents with corrosive or Irritating properties shall have label statements warning of such hazards, noting, if appropriate, particularly sensi tive or affected portions of the body.
(3) Lettering. Lettering on signs and
Instructions required by subparagraph
(1) of this paragraph shft4
mum letter height of 2 inches.[Labels on
"containers required under tMs section
shall not~be less than > the size of the largest lettering on the package, and not less than 8 point type In amr instance? c Provided, That no such required letter ing need be more than 1 inch in height.
(4) Prohibited statements. No state ment shall appear an or near any re quired sign, label, or Instruction which contradicts or detracts from the effect of any required warning, information or instruction.
(5) Training and indoctrination, (i) Each employee prior to being authorized to enter a regulated area, shall receive a ' training and indoctrination program in cluding, but not necessarily limited to: (a) The nature of the carcinogenic haz ards of bis-chloromethyl ether, including local and systemic toxicity;
(b) The specific nature of the oper ation involving bischloromethyl ether which could result in exposure;
Employment Safety and Health Guide
1910.93h(e) (5) 116805.646
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