PDFWAC 296-307-62620
Notify employees.
The employer must notify employees who are or may be exposed to respiratory hazards, as specified in Table 2.
Note: | The notification may be provided either individually, to a group, or by posting of results in an appropriate location that's accessible to affected employees. |
Table 2
Notification Requirements
Notify employees of: | As follows: |
Any exposure result above a permissible exposure limit (PEL) | Within five business days, after the employee's exposure result is known to the employer |
The corrective action being taken to reduce employee exposure to or below the PEL | Within fifteen business days, after the employee's exposure result is known to the employer |
and | |
The schedule for completion of the corrective action and any reasons why exposures cannot be lowered to below the PEL | |
An exposure to these substances: | In writing, as specified in the rule specific to the substance |
• Acrylonitrile | |
• Arsenic (inorganic) | |
• Asbestos | |
• Benzene | |
• Butadiene | |
• Cadmium | |
• Coke oven emissions | |
• Cotton dust | |
• 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane | |
• Ethylene oxide | |
• Formaldehyde | |
• Lead | |
• Methylene chloride | |
• Methylenedianiline | |
• Vinyl chloride |