PDFWAC 296-307-61210
Make sure employees leave the use area before removing respirators.
The employer must make sure employees leave the use area for any of these reasons:
(1) To replace air-purifying filters, cartridges, or canisters;
(2) When they smell or taste (detect) vapor or gas leakage from, for example, cartridges, canister, or the facepiece seal;
(3) When they detect changes in breathing resistance;
(4) To readjust their respirators;
(5) To wash their faces and respirators as necessary to prevent skin or eye irritation;
(6) If they become ill;
(7) If they experience sensations of dizziness, nausea, weakness, breathing difficulty, coughing, sneezing, vomiting, fever, or chills.