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Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part I - AIR CONTAMINANTS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07654 - Appendix A to WAC 296-62-076 - Substance data sheet, for 4,4'-methylenedianiline

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(1) Substance identification.
(a) Substance: Methylenedianiline
				(MDA).
(b) Permissible exposure:
(i) Airborne: Ten parts per billion parts of
				air (10 ppb), time-weighted average (TWA) for an eight-hour workday and an
				action level of five parts per billion parts of air (5 ppb).
(ii) Dermal: Eye contact and skin contact
				with MDA are not permitted.
(c) Appearance and odor: White to tan solid;
				amine odor.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part I - AIR CONTAMINANTS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07656 - Appendix B to WAC 296-62-076 - Substance technical guidelines, MDA

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(1) Identification.
(a) Substance identification. Synonyms: CAS
				No. 101-77-9. 4,4'-methylenedianiline; 4,4'-methylenebisaniline;
				methylenedianiline; dianilinomethane.
(b) Formula:
				C13H14N2.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part I-1 - ASBESTOS, TREMOLITE, ANTHOPHYLLITE, AND ACTINOLITE › Section 296-62-077 - Asbestos, tremolite, anthophyllite, and actinolite

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Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.050(2) and
					 49.17.040. 87-10-008 (Order
					 87-06), § 296-62-077, filed
					 4/27/87.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part I-1 - ASBESTOS, TREMOLITE, ANTHOPHYLLITE, AND ACTINOLITE › Section 296-62-07701 - Scope and application

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(1)
				WAC 296-62-07701 through
				296-62-07753 applies to all
				occupational exposures to asbestos in all industries covered by chapter 49.17
				RCW, Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act and chapter 49.26 RCW, Health
				and safety -- Asbestos.
(2) This
				part applies to construction work as defined in WAC
				296-155-012 except for work
				involving asbestos-containing asphalt roof coatings, cements, and mastics. The
				exception for roofing materials does not apply to asphalt coated asbestos
				felting and similar built-up roofing.
(3) This part applies to ship repairing,
				shipbuilding and shipbreaking employments and related employments as defined in
				WAC 296-304-01001 except for work
				involving asbestos-containing asphalt roof coatings, cements, and mastics. The
				exception for roofing materials does not apply to asphalt coated asbestos
				felting and similar built-up roofing.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.040,
					 49.17.050,
					 49.26.040 and
					 49.26.130. 99-17-026, §
					 296-62-07701, filed 8/10/99, effective 11/10/99. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.040, [49.17.]050 and[49.17.]060 .
					 97-01-079, § 296-62-07701, filed 12/17/96, effective 3/1/97. Statutory
					 Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 87-24-051 (Order 87-24), § 296-62-07701,
					 filed 11/30/87. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.050(2) and
					 49.17.040. 87-10-008 (Order
					 87-06), § 296-62-07701, filed
					 4/27/87.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part I-1 - ASBESTOS, TREMOLITE, ANTHOPHYLLITE, AND ACTINOLITE › Section 296-62-07705 - Permissible exposure limits (PEL)

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(1)
				 Time weighted average (TWA). The employer must ensure that no
				employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of asbestos in excess of 0.1
				fiber per cubic centimeter (0.1 f/cc) of air as an eight-hour time-weighted
				average (TWA) as determined by the method prescribed in Appendix A of this
				part, or by an equivalent method recognized by the department.
(2)  Excursion limit. The employer must
				ensure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of asbestos in
				excess of 1.0 fiber per cubic centimeter of air (1 f/cc) as averaged over a
				sampling period of thirty minutes, as determined by the method prescribed in
				Appendix A of this part, or by an equivalent method recognized by the
				department.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.040, [49.17.]050 and [49.17.]060.
					 97-01-079, § 296-62-07705, filed 12/17/96, effective 3/1/97. Statutory
					 Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 89-11-035 (Order 89-03), § 296-62-07705,
					 filed 5/15/89, effective 6/30/89; 87-24-051 (Order 87-24), § 296-62-07705,
					 filed 11/30/87. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.050(2) and
					 49.17.040. 87-10-008 (Order
					 87-06), § 296-62-07705, filed
					 4/27/87.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part I-1 - ASBESTOS, TREMOLITE, ANTHOPHYLLITE, AND ACTINOLITE › Section 296-62-07706 - Multiemployer worksites

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(1) 
				On multiemployer worksites, an employer performing work requiring the
				establishment of a regulated area must inform other employers on the site of
				the nature of the employer's work with asbestos and/or PACM, of the existence
				of and requirements pertaining to regulated areas, and the measures taken to
				ensure that employees of such other employers are not exposed to
				asbestos.
(2)  Asbestos hazards at
				a multiemployer worksite must be abated by the employer who created or controls
				the source of asbestos contamination. For example, if there is a significant
				breach of an enclosure containing Class I work, the employer responsible for
				erecting the enclosure must repair the breach immediately.
(3)  In addition, all employers of employees
				exposed to asbestos hazards must comply with applicable protective provisions
				to protect their employees. For example, if employees working immediately
				adjacent to a Class I asbestos job are exposed to asbestos due to the
				inadequate containment of such jobs, their employer must either remove the
				employees from the area until the enclosure breach is repaired; or perform an
				initial exposure assessment pursuant to WAC
				296-62-07709.
(4)  All employers of employees working
				adjacent to regulated areas established by another employer on a multiemployer
				worksite, must take steps on a daily basis to ascertain the integrity of the
				enclosure and/or the effectiveness of the control method relied on by the
				primary asbestos contractor to ensure that asbestos fibers do not migrate to
				such adjacent areas.
(5)  All
				general contractors on a construction project which includes work covered by
				this standard must be deemed to exercise general supervisory authority over the
				work covered by this standard, even though the general contractor is not
				qualified to serve as the asbestos "competent person" as defined by WAC
				296-62-07703. As
				supervisor of the entire project, the general contractor must ascertain whether
				the asbestos contractor is in compliance with this standard, and must require
				such contractor to come into compliance with this standard when
				necessary.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.040, [49.17.]050 and[49.17.]060 .
					 97-01-079, § 296-62-07706, filed 12/17/96, effective 3/1/97. Statutory
					 Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 94-16-145, § 296-62-07706, filed 8/3/94,
					 effective 9/12/94; 87-24-051 (Order 87-24), § 296-62-07706, filed
					 11/30/87.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part I-1 - ASBESTOS, TREMOLITE, ANTHOPHYLLITE, AND ACTINOLITE › Section 296-62-07709 - Exposure assessment and monitoring

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(1)
				 General monitoring criteria.
(a)
				 Each employer who has a workplace or work operation where
				exposure monitoring is required under this part must perform monitoring to
				determine accurately the airborne concentrations of asbestos to which employees
				may be exposed.
(b)  Determinations
				of employee exposure must be made from breathing zone air samples that are
				representative of the eight-hour TWA and thirty minute short-term exposures of
				each employee.
(c)  Representative
				eight-hour TWA employee exposures must be determined on the basis of one or
				more samples representing full-shift exposure for each shift for each employee
				in each job classification in each work area.
(d)  Representative thirty minute short-term
				employee exposures must be determined on the basis of one or more samples
				representing thirty minute exposures associated with operations that are most
				likely to produce exposures above the excursion limit for each shift for each
				job classification in each work area.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part I-1 - ASBESTOS, TREMOLITE, ANTHOPHYLLITE, AND ACTINOLITE › Section 296-62-07712 - Requirements for asbestos activities in construction and shipyard work

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(1)  Methods of
				compliance, the following engineering controls and work practices of this
				section must be used for construction work defined in WAC
				296-155-012
				and for all ship repair defined in WAC
				296-304-010.
(2)  Engineering controls and work practices
				for all operations covered by this section. The employer must use the following
				engineering controls and work practices in all operations covered by this
				section, regardless of the levels of exposure:
(a)
				 Vacuum cleaners equipped with HEPA filters to collect all debris
				and dust containing ACM and PACM, except as provided in subsection (10)(b) of
				this section in the case of roofing material.
(b)  Wet methods, or wetting agents, to
				control employee exposures during asbestos handling, mixing, removal, cutting,
				application, and cleanup, except where employers demonstrate that the use of
				wet methods is infeasible due to, for example, the creation of electrical
				hazards, equipment malfunction, and, in roofing, except as provided in
				subsection (10)(b) of this section.
(c)
				 Asbestos must be handled, mixed, applied, removed, cut, scored,
				or otherwise worked in a wet saturated state to prevent the emission of
				airborne fibers unless the usefulness of the product would be diminished
				thereby.
(d)  Prompt cleanup and
				disposal of wastes and debris contaminated with asbestos in leak-tight
				containers except in roofing operations, where the procedures specified in this
				section apply.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part I-1 - ASBESTOS, TREMOLITE, ANTHOPHYLLITE, AND ACTINOLITE › Section 296-62-07713 - Methods of compliance for asbestos activities in general industry

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(1) Engineering
				controls and work practices.
(a) The employer
				must institute engineering controls and work practices to reduce and maintain
				employee exposure to or below the permissible exposure limits prescribed in WAC
				296-62-07705, except to the
				extent that such controls are not feasible. Engineering controls and work
				practices include but are not limited to the following:
(i) Local exhaust ventilation equipped with
				HEPA filter dust collection systems;
(ii) Vacuum cleaners equipped with HEPA
				filters;
(iii) Enclosure or
				isolation of processes producing asbestos dust;
(iv) Use of wet methods, wetting agents, or
				removal encapsulants to control employee exposures during asbestos handling,
				mixing, removal, cutting, application, and cleanup;
(v) Prompt disposal of wastes contaminated
				with asbestos in leak-tight containers; or
(vi) Use of work practices or other
				engineering controls that the director can show to be feasible.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part I-1 - ASBESTOS, TREMOLITE, ANTHOPHYLLITE, AND ACTINOLITE › Section 296-62-07715 - Respiratory protection

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(1) 
				General. For employees who use respirators required by WAC
				296-62-077
				through
				296-62-07747,
				the employer must provide each employee an appropriate respirator that complies
				with the requirements of this section. Respirators must be used during:
(a)  Periods necessary to install or
				implement feasible engineering and work-practice controls;
(b)  Work operations, such as maintenance and
				repair activities, for which engineering and work-practice controls are not
				feasible;
(c)  Work operations for
				which feasible engineering and work-practice controls are not yet sufficient to
				reduce employee exposure to or below the permissible exposure limits;
(d)  Emergencies;
(e)  Work operations in all regulated areas,
				except for construction activities which follow requirements set forth in WAC
				296-62-07715(1)(g);
(f)  Work
				operations whenever employee exposure exceeds the permissible exposure
				limits;
(g)  The following
				construction activities:
(i)  Class I
				asbestos work;
(ii)  Class II work
				where the ACM is not removed in a substantially intact state;
(iii)  Class II and Class III work which is
				not performed using wet methods, except for removal of ACM from sloped roofs
				when a negative-exposure assessment has been made and the ACM is removed in an
				intact state;
(iv)  Class II and
				Class III asbestos work for which a negative-exposure assessment has not been
				conducted;
(v)  Class III work when
				TSI or surfacing ACM or PACM is being disturbed;
(vi)  Class IV work performed within
				regulated areas where employees who are performing other work are required to
				wear respirators.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part I-1 - ASBESTOS, TREMOLITE, ANTHOPHYLLITE, AND ACTINOLITE › Section 296-62-07717 - Protective work clothing and equipment

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(1)
				 Provision and use. If an employee is exposed to asbestos above
				the permissible exposure limits, or where the possibility of eye irritation
				exists, or for which a required negative exposure assessment is not produced
				and for any employee performing Class I operations, the employer must provide
				at no cost to the employee and require that the employee uses appropriate
				protective work clothing and equipment such as, but not limited to:
(a)  Coveralls or similar full-body work
				clothing;
(b)  Gloves, head
				coverings, and foot coverings; and
(c)
				 Face shields, vented goggles, or other appropriate protective
				equipment which complies with WAC
				296-800-160.
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(1)
				 Change rooms.
(a)  The employer
				must provide clean change rooms for employees required to work in regulated
				areas or required by WAC
				296-62-07717(1)
				to wear protective clothing.
Exception:
In lieu of the change area requirement specified in this
						  subsection, the employer may permit employees in Class III and Class IV
						  asbestos work, to clean their protective clothing with a portable HEPA-equipped
						  vacuum before such employees leave the area where maintenance was performed.
(b) 
				The employer must ensure that change rooms are in accordance with WAC
				296-800-230, and are
				equipped with two separate lockers or storage facilities, so separated as to
				prevent contamination of the employee's street clothes from their protective
				work clothing and equipment.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part I-1 - ASBESTOS, TREMOLITE, ANTHOPHYLLITE, AND ACTINOLITE › Section 296-62-07721 - Communication of hazards

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(1)
(a)  Communication of hazards to employees -
				Introduction. This section applies to the communication of information
				concerning asbestos hazards in general industry to facilitate compliance with
				this standard. Asbestos exposure in general industry occurs in a wide variety
				of industrial and commercial settings. Employees who manufacture
				asbestos-containing products may be exposed to asbestos fibers. Employees who
				repair and replace automotive brakes and clutches may be exposed to asbestos
				fibers. In addition, employees engaged in housekeeping activities in industrial
				facilities with asbestos product manufacturing operations, and in public and
				commercial buildings with installed asbestos-containing materials may be
				exposed to asbestos fibers. It should be noted that employees who perform
				housekeeping activities during and after construction activities are covered by
				asbestos construction work requirements in WAC
				296-62-077.
				Housekeeping employees, regardless of industry designation, should know whether
				building components they maintain may expose them to asbestos. The same hazard
				communication provisions will protect employees who perform housekeeping
				operations in all three asbestos standards; general industry, construction, and
				shipyard employment. Building owners are often the only and/or best source of
				information concerning the presence of previously installed asbestos-containing
				building materials. Therefore they, along with employers of potentially exposed
				employees, are assigned specific information conveying and retention duties
				under this section.
(i)  Chemical
				manufacturers, importers, distributors and employers must comply with all
				requirements of the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS), WAC
				296-901-140
				for asbestos.
(ii)  In classifying
				the hazards of asbestos at least the following hazards are to be addressed:
				Cancer and lung effects.
(iii) 
				Employers must include asbestos in the hazard communication program established
				to comply with the HCS WAC
				296-901-140.
				Employers must ensure that each employee has access to labels on containers of
				asbestos and to safety data sheets, and is trained in accordance with the
				requirements of HCS and WAC
				296-62-07722.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part I-1 - ASBESTOS, TREMOLITE, ANTHOPHYLLITE, AND ACTINOLITE › Section 296-62-07722 - Employee information and training

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(1)
				 Certification.
(a)  Only
				certified asbestos workers may work on an asbestos project as required in WAC
				296-65-010
				and
				296-65-030.
(b)  Only certified asbestos supervisors may
				supervise asbestos abatement projects as required in WAC
				296-65-012
				and
				296-65-030.
(c)  In cases where certification
				requirements of chapter 296-65 WAC do not apply, all employees must be trained
				according to the provisions of this section regardless of their exposure
				levels.
(d)  Certification is not
				required for asbestos work on materials containing less than one percent
				asbestos.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part I-1 - ASBESTOS, TREMOLITE, ANTHOPHYLLITE, AND ACTINOLITE › Section 296-62-07723 - Housekeeping

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(1)  All surfaces
				must be maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of dusts and waste
				containing asbestos.
(2)  All
				spills and sudden releases of material containing asbestos must be cleaned up
				as soon as possible.
(3)  Surfaces
				contaminated with asbestos may not be cleaned by the use of compressed
				air.
(4)  Vacuuming. HEPA-filtered
				vacuuming equipment must be used for vacuuming. The equipment must be used and
				emptied in a manner which minimizes the reentry of asbestos into the
				workplace.
(5)  Shoveling, dry
				sweeping, and dry clean-up of asbestos may be used only where vacuuming and/or
				wet cleaning are not feasible.
(6) 
				Waste disposal. Waste, scrap, debris, bags, containers, equipment, and clothing
				contaminated with asbestos consigned for disposal, must be collected and
				disposed of in sealed impermeable bags, or other closed, impermeable
				containers. To avoid breakage, bags must be at least six mils in thickness and
				shall not be dragged or slid across rough or abrasive surfaces.
(7)  Waste removal. Whenever a
				negative-pressure enclosure is required by WAC
				296-62-07712,
				the employer wherever feasible, must establish a waste-load-out area that is
				adjacent and connected to the negative-pressure enclosure, constructed of a two
				chamber air lock, for the decontamination and removal of asbestos
				debris.
(8)  Deterioration.
				Asbestos and asbestos containing material which has become damaged or
				deteriorated must be repaired, enclosed, encapsulated, or removed.
(9)  Care of asbestos-containing
				flooring/decking material.
(a)  Sanding of
				asbestos-containing floor/deck material is prohibited.
(b)  Stripping of finishes must be conducted
				using low abrasion pads at speeds lower than 300 rpm and wet methods.
(c)  Burnishing or dry buffing may be
				performed only on asbestos-containing flooring/decking which has sufficient
				finish so that the pad cannot contact the asbestos-containing
				material.
(d)  Dust and debris in
				an area containing TSI or surfacing ACM/PACM or visibly deteriorated ACM, must
				not be dusted or swept dry, or vacuumed without using a HEPA filter.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part I-1 - ASBESTOS, TREMOLITE, ANTHOPHYLLITE, AND ACTINOLITE › Section 296-62-07725 - Medical surveillance

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(1) 
				General.
(a)  Employees covered. The employer
				must institute a medical surveillance program for all employees who are or will
				be exposed to airborne concentrations of fibers of asbestos at or above the
				permissible exposure limits. Exception.
Employers in the construction or shipyard industries must
				  institute a medical surveillance program for all employees who for a combined
				  total of thirty or more days per year are engaged in Class I, II, and III work,
				  or are exposed at or above the permissible exposure limit for combined thirty
				  days or more per year; or who are required by the standard to wear negative
				  pressure respirators. For the purpose of this subsection, any day in which an
				  employee engaged in Class II or III work or a combination thereof for one hour
				  or less (taking into account the entire time spent on the removal operation,
				  including cleanup), and, while doing so adheres to the work practices specified
				  in this standard, shall not be counted.
(b)  Examination by a physician.
(i)  The employer must ensure that all
				medical examinations and procedures are performed by or under the supervision
				of a licensed physician, and must be provided without cost to the employee and
				at a reasonable time and place.
(ii)
				 Persons other than licensed physicians, who administer the
				pulmonary function testing required by this section, must complete a training
				course in spirometry sponsored by an appropriate academic or professional
				institution.
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(1)  Exposure
				measurements.
(a)  The employer must keep an
				accurate record of all measurements taken to monitor employee exposure to
				asbestos as prescribed in WAC
				296-62-07709.
(b)  This record must include at least the
				following information:
(i)  Name of
				employer;
(ii)  Name of person
				conducting monitoring;
(iii)  The
				date of measurement;
(iv)  Address
				of operation or activity;
(v) 
				Description of the operation or activity involving exposure to asbestos that is
				being monitored;
(vi)  Personal or
				area sample;
(vii)  Name, Social
				Security number, and exposure level of the employees whose exposures are
				represented;
(viii)  Type of
				protective devices worn, if any;
(ix)
				 Pump calibration date and flow rate;
(x)  Total volume of air sampled;
(xi)  Name and address of analytical
				laboratory;
(xii)  Number,
				duration, and results (f/cc) of samples taken;
(xiii)  Date of analysis; and
(xiv)  Sampling and analytical methods used
				and evidence of their accuracy.
(c)
				 The employer must maintain this record for the duration of
				employment plus thirty years, in accordance with chapter 296-802 WAC.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part I-1 - ASBESTOS, TREMOLITE, ANTHOPHYLLITE, AND ACTINOLITE › Section 296-62-07728 - Competent person

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(1)  General.
				For all construction and shipyard work covered by this standard, the employer
				must designate a competent person, having the qualifications and authorities
				for ensuring worker safety and health as required by chapter 296-155
				WAC.
(2)  Required inspections by
				the competent person. WAC
				296-155-110(9)
				which requires health and safety prevention programs to provide for frequent
				and regular inspections on the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made
				by the competent person, is incorporated.
(3)
				 Additional inspections. In addition, the competent person must
				make frequent and regular inspections of the job sites in order to perform the
				duties set out below in this section. For Class I jobs, on-site inspections
				must be made at least once during each work shift, and at any time at employee
				request. For Class II and III jobs, on-site inspections must be made at
				intervals sufficient to assess whether conditions have changed, and at any
				reasonable time at employee request.
(4)
				 On all worksites where employees are engaged in Class I or II
				asbestos work, the competent person designated in accordance with WAC
				296-62-07712
				must perform or supervise the following duties, as applicable:
(a)  Set up the regulated area, enclosure, or
				other containment;
(b)  Ensure (by
				on-site inspection) the integrity of the enclosure or containment;
(c)  Set up procedures to control entry and
				exit from the enclosure and/or area;
(d)
				 Supervise all employee exposure monitoring required by this
				section and ensure that it is conducted as required by WAC
				296-62-07709;
(e)  Ensure that employees working within the
				enclosure and/or using glovebags wear protective clothing and respirators as
				required by WAC
				296-62-07715
				and
				296-62-07717;
(f)  Ensure through on-site supervision, that
				employees set up and remove engineering controls, use work practices and
				personal protective equipment in compliance with all requirements;
(g)  Ensure that employees use the hygiene
				facilities and observe the decontamination procedures specified in WAC
				296-62-07719;
(h)  Ensure that through on-site inspection
				engineering controls are functioning properly and employees are using proper
				work practices; and
(i)  Ensure
				that notification requirements in WAC
				296-62-07721
				are met.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part I-1 - ASBESTOS, TREMOLITE, ANTHOPHYLLITE, AND ACTINOLITE › Section 296-62-07733 - Appendices

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(1) Appendices A,
				D, E, and F to this part are incorporated as part of this section and the
				contents of these appendices are mandatory.
(2) Appendices B, G, H, I, J and K to this
				part are informational and are not intended to create any additional
				obligations not otherwise imposed or to detract from any existing
				obligations.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.010, [49.17].040 and[49.17].050 .
					 99-10-071, § 296-62-07733, filed 5/4/99, effective 9/1/99. Statutory
					 Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.040, [49.17.]050 and[49.17.]060 .
					 97-01-079, § 296-62-07733, filed 12/17/96, effective 3/1/97. Statutory
					 Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 91-03-044 (Order 90-18), § 296-62-07733,
					 filed 1/10/91, effective 2/12/91; 87-24-051 (Order 87-24), § 296-62-07733,
					 filed 11/30/87. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.050(2) and
					 49.17.040. 87-10-008 (Order
					 87-06), § 296-62-07733, filed
					 4/27/87.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part I-1 - ASBESTOS, TREMOLITE, ANTHOPHYLLITE, AND ACTINOLITE › Section 296-62-07743 - Appendix E-Interpretation and classification of chest roentgenograms-Mandatory

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(1)
				 Chest roentgenograms must be interpreted and classified in
				accordance with a professionally accepted classification system and recorded on
				an interpretation form following the format of the CDC/NIOSH (M) 2.8 form. As a
				minimum, the content within the bold lines of this form (items one through
				four) must be included. This form is not to be submitted to NIOSH.
(2)  Roentgenograms must be interpreted and
				classified only by a B-reader, a board eligible/certified radiologist, or an
				experienced physician with known expertise in pneumoconioses.
(3)  All interpreters, whenever interpreting
				chest roentgenograms made under this section, must have immediately available
				for reference a complete set of the ILO-U/C International Classification of
				Radiographs for Pneumoconioses, 1980.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 87-24-051 (Order
					 87-24), § 296-62-07743, filed 11/30/87. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.050(2) and
					 49.17.040. 87-10-008 (Order
					 87-06), § 296-62-07743, filed
					 4/27/87.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part I-1 - ASBESTOS, TREMOLITE, ANTHOPHYLLITE, AND ACTINOLITE › Section 296-62-07745 - Appendix F-Work practices and engineering controls for automotive brake and clutch inspection, disassembly, repair and assembly-Mandatory

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This mandatory appendix specifies engineering controls and
				  work practices that must be implemented by the employer during automotive brake
				  and clutch inspection, disassembly, repair, and assembly operations. Proper use
				  of these engineering controls and work practices will reduce employees'
				  asbestos exposure below the permissible exposure level during clutch and brake
				  inspection, disassembly, repair, and assembly operations. The employer must
				  institute engineering controls and work practices using either the method set
				  forth in (1) or (2) of this appendix, or any other method which the employer
				  can demonstrate to be equivalent in terms of reducing employee exposure to
				  asbestos as defined and which meets the requirements described in (3) of this
				  appendix, for those facilities in which no more than five pairs of brakes or
				  five clutches are inspected, disassembled, reassembled and/or repaired per
				  week, the method set forth in (4) of this appendix may be used:
(1)  Negative pressure enclosure/HEPA vacuum
				system method.
(a)  The brake and clutch
				inspection, disassembly, repair, and assembly operations must be enclosed to
				cover and contain the clutch or brake assembly and to prevent the release of
				asbestos fibers into the worker's breathing zone.
(b)  The enclosure must be sealed tightly and
				thoroughly inspected for leaks before work begins on brake and clutch
				inspection, disassembly, repair and assembly.
(c)  The enclosure must be such that the
				worker can clearly see the operation and must provide impermeable sleeves
				through which the worker can handle the brake and clutch inspection,
				disassembly, repair and assembly. The integrity of the sleeves and ports must
				be examined before work begins.
(d)
				 A HEPA-filtered vacuum must be employed to maintain the enclosure
				under negative pressure throughout the operation. Compressed-air may be used to
				remove asbestos fibers or particles from the enclosure.
(e)  The HEPA vacuum must be used first to
				loosen the asbestos containing residue from the brake and clutch parts and then
				to evacuate the loosened asbestos containing material from the enclosure and
				capture the material in the vacuum filter.
(f)
				 The vacuum's filter, when full, must be first wetted with a fine
				mist of water, then removed and placed immediately in an impermeable container,
				labeled according to WAC
				296-62-07721(6)
				and disposed of according to WAC
				296-62-07723.
(g)  Any spills or releases of asbestos
				containing waste material from inside of the enclosure or vacuum hose or vacuum
				filter must be immediately cleaned up and disposed of according to WAC
				296-62-07723.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part I-1 - ASBESTOS, TREMOLITE, ANTHOPHYLLITE, AND ACTINOLITE › Section 296-62-07747 - Appendix G - Substance technical information for asbestos - Nonmandatory

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(1) Substance
				identification.
(a) Substance: "Asbestos" is
				the name of a class of magnesium-silicate minerals that occur in fibrous form.
				Minerals that are included in this group are chrysotile, crocidolite, amosite,
				tremolite asbestos, anthophyllite asbestos, and actinolite asbestos.
(b) Asbestos is used in the manufacture of
				heat-resistant clothing, automotive brake and clutch linings, and a variety of
				building materials including floor tiles, roofing felts, ceiling tiles,
				asbestos-cement pipe and sheet, and fire-resistant drywall. Asbestos is also
				present in pipe and boiler insulation materials, and in sprayed-on materials
				located on beams, in crawlspaces, and between walls.
(c) The potential for a product containing
				asbestos, tremolite, anthophyllite, and actinolite to release breathable fibers
				depends on its degree of friability. Friable means that the material can be
				crumbled with hand pressure and is therefore likely to emit fibers. The fibrous
				or fluffy sprayed-on materials used for fireproofing, insulation, or sound
				proofing are considered to be friable, and they readily release airborne fibers
				if disturbed. Materials such as vinyl-asbestos floor tile or roofing felts are
				considered nonfriable and generally do not emit airborne fibers unless
				subjected to sanding or sawing operations. Asbestos-cement pipe or sheet can
				emit airborne fibers if the materials are cut or sawed, or if they are broken
				during demolition operations.
(d)
				Permissible exposure: Exposure to airborne asbestos fibers may not exceed 0.1
				fiber per cubic centimeter of air (0.1 f/cc) averaged over the eight-hour
				workday (time weighted average), or 1 fiber per cubic centimeter of air (1
				f/cc) during any thirty minute period, (excursion limit).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part I-2 - HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM › Section 296-62-08003 - Hexavalent chromium Scope

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This standard applies to occupational exposures to chromium
				  (VI) in all forms and compounds in general industry; construction; shipyards,
				  marine terminals, and longshoring, except:
(1)
				 Agricultural operations covered by chapter 296-307 WAC, Safety
				standards for agriculture;
(2) 
				Exposures that occur in the application of pesticides regulated by the
				Washington state department of agriculture or another federal government agency
				(e.g., the treatment of wood with preservatives);
(3)  Exposures to portland cement;
				or
(4)  Where the employer has
				objective data demonstrating that a material containing chromium or a specific
				process, operation, or activity involving chromium cannot release dusts, fumes,
				or mists of chromium (VI) in concentrations at or above 0.5 (mu)g/m\3\ as an
				8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) under any expected conditions of
				use.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.010,
					 49.17.040,
					 49.17.050,
					 49.17.060. 06-16-106, §
					 296-62-08003, filed 8/1/06, effective
					 9/1/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part I-2 - HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM › Section 296-62-08005 - Definitions

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For the purposes of this section the following definitions
				  apply:
Action level.
A concentration of airborne
				  chromium (VI) of 2.5 micrograms per cubic meter of air (2.5 (mu)g/m\3\)
				  calculated as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA).
Chromium (VI) (hexavalent chromium or Cr(VI)).
Chromium with a valence of positive six, in any form and in any
				  compound.
Emergency.
Any occurrence that results, or is
				  likely to result, in an uncontrolled release of chromium (VI). If an incidental
				  release of chromium (VI) can be controlled at the time of release by employees
				  in the immediate release area, or by maintenance personnel, it is not an
				  emergency.
Employee exposure.
The exposure to airborne
				  chromium (VI) that would occur if the employee were not using a
				  respirator.
High-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter
.
A filter that is at least 99.97 percent efficient in
				  removing mono-dispersed particles of 0.3 micrometers in diameter or
				  larger.
Historical monitoring data.
Data from chromium
				  (VI) monitoring conducted prior to July 31, 2006, obtained during work
				  operations conducted under workplace conditions closely resembling the
				  processes, types of material, control methods, work practices, and
				  environmental conditions in the employer's current operations.
Objective data.
Information such as air
				  monitoring data from industry-wide surveys or calculations based on the
				  composition or chemical and physical properties of a substance demonstrating
				  the employee exposure to chromium (VI) associated with a particular product or
				  material or a specific process, operation, or activity. The data must reflect
				  workplace conditions closely resembling the processes, types of material,
				  control methods, work practices, and environmental conditions in the employer's
				  current operations.
Physician or other licensed health care professional
				  (PLHCP)
.
An individual whose legally permitted scope of
				  practice (i.e., license, registration, or certification) allows him or her to
				  independently provide or be delegated the responsibility to provide some or all
				  of the particular health care services required by WAC
				  296-62-08023.
Regulated area.
An area, demarcated by the
				  employer, where an employee's exposure to airborne concentrations of chromium
				  (VI) exceeds, or can reasonably be expected to exceed, the
				  PEL.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.010,
					 49.17.040,
					 49.17.050,
					 49.17.060. 06-16-106, §
					 296-62-08005, filed 8/1/06, effective
					 9/1/06.
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Permissible exposure limit (PEL). The employer must ensure
				  that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of chromium (VI) in
				  excess of 5 micro-grams per cubic meter of air (5 (mu)g/m\3\), calculated as an
				  8-hour time-weighted average (TWA).
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.010,
					 49.17.040,
					 49.17.050,
					 49.17.060. 06-16-106, §
					 296-62-08007, filed 8/1/06, effective
					 9/1/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part I-2 - HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM › Section 296-62-08009 - Exposure determination

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(1) 
				General. Each employer who has a workplace or work operation covered by this
				section must determine the 8hour TWA exposure for each employee exposed to
				chromium (VI). This determination must be made in accordance with either
				subsection (2) or (3) of this section.
(2)
				 Scheduled monitoring option.
(a)
				 The employer must perform initial monitoring to determine the
				8-hour TWA exposure for each employee on the basis of a sufficient number of
				personal breathing zone air samples to accurately characterize full shift
				exposure on each shift, for each job classification, in each work area. Where
				an employer does representative sampling instead of sampling all employees in
				order to meet this requirement, the employer must sample the employee(s)
				expected to have the highest chromium (VI) exposures.
(b)  If initial monitoring indicates that
				employee exposures are below the action level, the employer may discontinue
				monitoring for those employees whose exposures are represented by such
				monitoring.
(c)  If monitoring
				reveals employee exposures to be at or above the action level, the employer
				must perform periodic monitoring at least every six months.
(d)  If monitoring reveals employee exposures
				to be above the PEL, the employer must perform periodic monitoring at least
				every three months.
(e)  If
				periodic monitoring indicates that employee exposures are below the action
				level, and the result is confirmed by the result of another monitoring taken at
				least seven days later, the employer may discontinue the monitoring for those
				employees whose exposures are represented by such monitoring.
(f)  The employer must perform additional
				monitoring when there has been any change in the production process, raw
				materials, equipment, personnel, work practices, or control methods that may
				result in new or additional exposures to chromium (VI), or when the employer
				has any reason to believe that new or additional exposures have
				occurred.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part I-2 - HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM › Section 296-62-08011 - Regulated areas

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Exemption:
This section does not apply to construction, shipyards,
						  marine terminals or longshoring.
(1) 
				Establishment. The employer must establish a regulated area wherever an
				employee's exposure to airborne concentrations of chromium (VI) is, or can
				reasonably be expected to be, in excess of the PEL.
(2)  Demarcation. The employer must ensure
				that regulated areas are demarcated from the rest of the workplace in a manner
				that adequately establishes and alerts employees of the boundaries of the
				regulated area.
(3)  Access. The
				employer must limit access to regulated areas to:
(a)
				 Persons authorized by the employer and required by work duties to
				be present in the regulated area;
(b)
				 Any person entering such an area as a designated representative
				of employees for the purpose of exercising the right to observe monitoring
				procedures under WAC
				296-62-08009;
(c)  Any person authorized by the Washington
				Industrial Safety and Health Act (WISHA) or regulations issued under it to be
				in a regulated area.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part I-2 - HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM › Section 296-62-08013 - Methods of compliance

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(1) 
				Engineering and work practice controls.
(a) 
				Except as permitted in (c) of this subsection, the employer must use
				engineering and work practice controls to reduce and maintain employee exposure
				to chromium (VI) to or below the PEL unless the employer can demonstrate that
				such controls are not feasible. Wherever feasible engineering and work practice
				controls are not sufficient to reduce employee exposure to or below the PEL,
				the employer must use them to reduce employee exposure to the lowest levels
				achievable, and must supplement them by the use of respiratory protection that
				complies with the requirements of WAC
				296-62-08015.
Exemption:
This (b) does not apply to construction, shipyards,
						  marine terminals and longshoring.
(b) 
				Where painting of aircraft or large aircraft parts is performed in the
				aerospace industry, the employer must use engineering and work practice
				controls to reduce and maintain employee exposure to chromium (VI) to or below
				25 (mu)g/m\3\ unless the employer can demonstrate that such controls are not
				feasible. The employer must supplement such engineering and work practice
				controls with the use of respiratory protection that complies with the
				requirements of WAC
				296-62-08015
				to achieve the PEL.
(c)  Where the
				employer can demonstrate that a process or task does not result in any employee
				exposure to chromium (VI) above the PEL for thirty or more days per year
				(twelve consecutive months), the requirement to implement engineering and work
				practice controls to achieve the PEL does not apply to that process or
				task.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part I-2 - HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM › Section 296-62-08015 - Respiratory protection

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(1) 
				General. Where respiratory protection is required by this section, the employer
				must provide each employee an appropriate respirator that complies with the
				requirements of this chapter. Respiratory protection is required during:
(a)  Periods necessary to install or
				implement feasible engineering and work practice controls;
(b)  Work operations, such as maintenance and
				repair activities, for which engineering and work practice controls are not
				feasible;
(c)  Work operations for
				which an employer has implemented all feasible engineering and work practice
				controls and such controls are not sufficient to reduce exposures to or below
				the PEL;
(d)  Work operations where
				employees are exposed above the PEL for fewer than thirty days per year, and
				the employer has elected not to implement engineering and work practice
				controls to achieve the PEL; or
(e)
				 Emergencies.