Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 333 - OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION › Division 120 - STANDARDS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION › Section 333-120-0320 - Respiratory Protection and Controls to Restrict Internal Exposure in Restricted Areas: Use of Individual Respiratory Protection Equipment

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) If the licensee uses respiratory
			 protection equipment to limit intakes pursuant to OAR 333-120-0310:
(a) The licensee must use only respiratory
			 protection equipment that is tested and certified or had certification extended
			 by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health/Mine Safety and
			 Health Administration (NIOSH/MSHA).
(b) The licensee may use equipment that has
			 not been tested or certified by NIOSH/MSHA, has not had certification extended
			 by NIOSH/MSHA, or for which there is no schedule for testing or certification,
			 the licensee must submit an application for authorized use of that equipment,
			 including a demonstration by testing, or a demonstration on the basis of
			 reliable test information, that the material and performance characteristics of
			 the equipment are capable of providing the proposed degree of protection under
			 anticipated conditions of use.
(c)
			 The licensee must implement and maintain a respiratory protection program that
			 includes:
(A) Air sampling sufficient to
			 identify the potential hazard, permit proper equipment selection, and estimate
			 doses; and
(B) Surveys and
			 bioassays, as appropriate, to evaluate actual intakes; and
(C) Testing of respirators for operability
			 immediately prior to each use; and
(D) Written procedures regarding:
(i) Monitoring, including air sampling and
			 bioassays;
(ii) Supervision and
			 training of respirator users;
(iii) Fit testing;
(iv) Respirator selection;
(v) Breathing air quality;
(vi) Inventory and control;
(vii) Storage, issuance, maintenance, repair,
			 testing, and quality assurance of respiratory protection equipment;
(viii) Recordkeeping; and
(ix) Limitations on periods of respirator use
			 and relief from respirator use; and
(E) Determination by a physician prior to
			 initial fitting and use of respirators, and at least every 12 months
			 thereafter, that the individual user is physically able to use the respiratory
			 protection equipment.
(F) Fit
			 testing, with fit factor greater than or equal to 10 times the APF for negative
			 pressure devices, and a fit factor greater than or equal to 500 for any
			 positive pressure, continuous flow, and pressure-demand devices, before the
			 first field use of tight fitting, face-sealing respirators and periodically
			 thereafter at a frequency not to exceed one year. Fit testing must be performed
			 with the facepiece operating in the negative pressure mode.
(d) The licensee must issue a
			 written policy statement on respirator usage covering:
(A) The use of process or other engineering
			 controls, instead of respirators; and
(B) The routine, nonroutine, and emergency
			 use of respirators; and
(C) The
			 periods of respirator use and relief from respirator use.
(e) The licensee must advise each respirator
			 user that the user may leave the area at any time for relief from respirator
			 use in the event of equipment malfunction, physical or psychological distress,
			 procedural or communication failure, significant deterioration of operating
			 conditions, or any other conditions that might require such relief.
(f) The licensee must use equipment within
			 limitations for type and mode of use and must provide proper visual,
			 communication, low temperature work environments, the concurrent use of safety
			 or radiological protection equipment and other special capabilities (such as
			 adequate skin protection) when needed. The licensee must ensure equipment is
			 used in such a way as not to interfere with the proper operation of the
			 respirator.