(1) The employer must make sure washing facilities, including hot water, are available for every ten employees that work with dip tank liquids.
(2) The employer must satisfy medical requirements:
(a) Make sure an employee with any small skin abrasion, cut, rash, or open sore receives treatment by a properly designated person;
(b) Make sure an employee with a sore, burn, or other skin lesion that needs medical treatment, has a physician's approval before they perform their regular work;
(c) Make sure employees who work with chromic acid receive periodic examinations of their exposed body parts, especially their nostrils.
Notes: | 1. Periodic means on a yearly basis unless otherwise indicated. |
2. Any time chromic acid spills onto an employee's skin or their clothing is saturated, a physician should be responsible for evaluating and monitoring the area where chromic acid made contact with the skin. |
(3) The employer must provide lockers or other storage space to prevent contamination of street clothes.
Reference: | The employer has to do a hazard assessment to identify hazards or potential hazards in the workplace and determine if PPE is necessary to protect employees. See personal protective equipment (PPE), WAC 296-307-100. |