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Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part F - CARCINOGENS › Section 296-62-07316 - Premixed solutions

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Where 4,4'-Methylene bis (2-chloroaniline) is present only in
				  a single solution at a temperature not exceeding 220°F. the establishment
				  of a regulated area is not required; however.
(1)
				 Only authorized employees shall be permitted to handle such
				materials.
(2)  Each day employees
				must be provided with and required to wear a clean change of protective
				clothing (smocks, coveralls, or long-sleeved shirts and pants), gloves and
				other protective garments and equipment necessary to prevent contact with the
				solution in the process used.
(3) 
				Employees must remove and leave protective clothing and equipment when leaving
				the work area at the end of the work day, or at any time solution is spilled on
				such clothing or equipment. Used clothing and equipment must be placed in
				impervious containers for purposes of decontamination or disposal. The contents
				of such impervious containers must be identified, as required under WAC
				296-62-07310(2)
				and (3).
(4)
				 Employees must wash hands and face after removing such clothing
				and equipment and before engaging in other activities.
(5)  Employees assigned to work covered by
				this section must be deemed to be working in regulated areas for the purposes
				of WAC
				296-62-07308(1),
				(2)(a) and (b), and (3)(c) and (d),
				296-62-07310,
				296-62-07312 and
				296-62-07314.
(6)  Work areas where solution may be spilled
				must be:
(a)  Covered daily or after any spill
				with a clean covering; or
(b) 
				Clean thoroughly, daily and after any spill.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07329 - Vinyl chloride

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(1)  Scope and
				application.
(a)  This section includes
				requirements for the control of employee exposure to vinyl chloride
				(chloroethene), Chemical Abstracts Service Registry No. 75014.
(b)  This section applies to the manufacture,
				reaction, packaging, repackaging, storage, handling or use of vinyl chloride or
				polyvinyl chloride, but does not apply to the handling or use of fabricated
				products made of polyvinyl chloride.
(c)
				 This section applies to the transportation of vinyl chloride or
				polyvinyl chloride except to the extent that the department of transportation
				may regulate the hazards covered by this section.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07336 - Acrylonitrile

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(1)  Scope and
				application.
(a)  This section applies to all
				occupational exposure to acrylonitrile (AN), Chemical Abstracts Service
				Registry No. 000107131, except as provided in (b) and (c) of this
				subsection.
(b)  This section does
				not apply to exposures which result solely from the processing, use, and
				handling of the following materials:
(i)  ABS
				resins, SAN resins, nitrile barrier resins, solid nitrile elastomers, and
				acrylic and modacrylic fibers, when these listed materials are in the form of
				finished polymers, and products fabricated from such finished
				polymers;
(ii)  Materials made from
				and/or containing AN for which objective data is reasonably relied upon to
				demonstrate that the material is not capable of releasing AN in airborne
				concentrations in excess of 1 ppm as an eight-hour time-weighted average, under
				the expected conditions of processing, use, and handling which will cause the
				greatest possible release; and
(iii)
				 Solid materials made from and/or containing AN which will not be
				heated above 170°F during handling, use, or processing.
(c)  An employer relying upon
				exemption under (1)(b)(ii) must maintain records of the objective data
				supporting that exemption, and of the basis of the employer's reliance on the
				data as provided in subsection (17) of this section.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07337 - Appendix A - Substance safety data sheet for acrylonitrile

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(1) Substance
				identification.
(a) Substance: Acrylonitrile
				(CH2 CHCN).
(b) Synonyms: Propenenitrile; vinyl cyanide;
				cyanoethylene; AN; VCN; acylon; carbacryl; fumigrian; ventox.
(c) Acrylonitrile can be found as a liquid or
				vapor, and can also be found in polymer resins, rubbers, plastics, polyols, and
				other polymers having acrylonitrile as a raw or intermediate
				material.
(d) AN is used in the
				manufacture of acrylic and modiacrylic fibers, acrylic plastics and resins,
				speciality polymers, nitrile rubbers, and other organic chemicals. It has also
				been used as a fumigant.
(e)
				Appearance and odor: Colorless to pale yellow liquid with a pungent odor which
				can only be detected at concentrations above the permissible exposure level, in
				a range of 13-19 parts AN per million parts of air (13-19 ppm).
(f) Permissible exposure: Exposure may not
				exceed either:
(i) Two parts AN per million
				parts of air (2 ppm) averaged over the eight-hour workday; or
(ii) Ten parts AN per million parts of air
				(10 ppm) averaged over any fifteen-minute period in the workday.
(iii) In addition, skin and eye contact with
				liquid AN is prohibited.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07338 - Appendix B-Substance technical guidelines for acrylonitrile

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(1)  Physical and
				chemical data.
(a)  Substance identification:
(i)  Synonyms: AN; VCN; vinyl cyanide;
				propenenitrile; cyanoethylene; Acrylon; Carbacryl; Fumigrain; Ventox.
(ii)  Formula: CH2=CHCN.
(iii)  Molecular weight: 53.1.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07339 - Appendix C-Medical surveillance guidelines for acrylonitrile

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(1)  Route of
				entry.
(a)  Inhalation;
(b)  Skin absorption;
(c)  Ingestion.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07340 - Appendix D-Sampling and analytical methods for acrylonitrile

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(1)  There are many
				methods available for monitoring employee exposures to acrylonitrile. Most of
				these involve the use of charcoal tubes and sampling pumps, with analysis by
				gas chromatograph. The essential differences between the charcoal tube methods
				include, among others, the use of different desorbing solvents, the use of
				different lots of charcoal, and the use of different equipment for analysis of
				the samples.
(2)  Besides charcoal,
				considerable work has been performed on methods using porous polymer sampling
				tubes and passive dosimeters. In addition, there are several portable gas
				analyzers and monitoring units available on the open market.
(3)  This appendix contains details for the
				methods which have been tested at OSHA Analytical Laboratory in Salt Lake City,
				and NIOSH in Cincinnati. Each is a variation on NIOSH Method S-156, which is
				also included for reference. This does not indicate that these methods are the
				only ones which will be satisfactory. There also may be workplace situations in
				which these methods are not adequate, due to such factors as high humidity.
				Copies of the other methods available to OSHA are available in the rulemaking
				record, and may be obtained from the OSHA docket office. These include, the
				Union Carbide, Monsanto, Dow Chemical and Dow Badische methods, as well as
				NIOSH Method P & CAM 127.
(4) 
				Employers who note problems with sample breakthrough should try larger charcoal
				tubes. Tubes of larger capacity are available, and are often used for sampling
				vinyl chloride. In addition, lower flow rates and shorter sampling times should
				be beneficial in minimizing breakthrough problems.
(5)  Whatever method the employer chooses,
				they must be ensured of the method's accuracy and precision under the unique
				conditions present in their workplace.
(6)
				 NIOSH Method S-156 (unmodified)
Analyte: Acrylonitrile.
Matrix: Air.
Procedure: Absorption on charcoal, desorption with methanol,
				  GC.
(a)  Principle of the method.
				Reference (k)(i) of this subsection.
(i)  A
				known volume of air is drawn through a charcoal tube to trap the organic vapors
				present.
(ii)  The charcoal in the
				tube is transferred to a small, stoppered sample container, and the analyte is
				desorbed with methanol.
(iii)  An
				aliquot of the desorbed sample is injected into a gas chromatograph.
(iv)  The area of the resulting peak is
				determined and compared with areas obtained for standards.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07342 - 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane

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(1)  Scope and
				application.
(a)  This section applies to
				occupational exposure to 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP).
(b)  This section does not apply to:
(i)  Exposure to DBCP which results solely
				from the application and use of DBCP as a pesticide; or
(ii)  The storage, transportation,
				distribution or sale of DBCP in intact containers sealed in such a manner as to
				prevent exposure to DBCP vapors or liquids, except for the requirements of
				subsections (11), (16), and (17) of this section.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07343 - Appendix A-Substance safety data sheet for DBCP

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(1)  Substance identification.
(a)  Synonyms and trades names: DBCP;
				Dibromochloropropane; Fumazone (Dow Chemical Company TM); Nemafume; Nemagon
				(Shell Chemical Co. TM); Nemaset; BBC 12; and OS 1879.
(b)  Permissible exposure:
(i)  Airborne. 1 part DBCP vapor per billion
				parts of air (1 ppb); time-weighted average (TWA) for an eight-hour
				workday.
(ii)  Dermal. Eye contact
				and skin contact with DBCP are prohibited.
(c)  Appearance and odor: Technical grade
				DBCP is a dense yellow or amber liquid with a pungent odor. It may also appear
				in granular form, or blended in varying concentrations with other
				liquids.
(d)  Uses: DBCP is used to
				control nematodes, very small worm-like plant parasites, on crops including
				cotton, soybeans, fruits, nuts, vegetables and ornamentals.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07344 - Appendix B - Substance technical guidelines for DBCP

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(1) Physical and chemical data.
(a) Substance identification.
(i) Synonyms: 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane;
				DBCP, Fumazone; Nemafume; Nemagon; Nemaset; BBC 12; OS 1879. DBCP is also
				included in agricultural pesticides and fumigants which include the phrase
				"Nema____, in their name.
(ii)
				Formula: C3H5Br2 C1.
(iii)
				Molecular weight: 236.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07346 - Appendix C - Medical surveillance guidelines for DBCP

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(1) Route of entry.
(a) Inhalation;
(b) Skin absorption.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07355 - Ethylene oxide

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Scope and application.
Note:
The requirements in WAC 296-62-07355 through
						  296-62-07386 apply only to agriculture. The requirements for all other
						  industries relating to ethylene oxide have been moved to chapter 296-855 WAC,
						  Ethylene oxide.
(1)  WAC
				296-62-07355 through
				296-62-07389
				applies to all occupational exposures to ethylene oxide (EtO), Chemical
				Abstracts Service Registry No. 75-21-8, except as provided in subsection (2) of
				this section.
(2)  WAC 296-62-07355
				through
				296-62-07389
				does not apply to the processing, use, or handling of products containing EtO
				where objective data are reasonably relied upon that demonstrate that the
				product is not capable of releasing EtO in airborne concentrations at or above
				the action level, and may not reasonably be foreseen to release EtO in excess
				of the excursion limit, under the expected conditions of processing, use, or
				handling that will cause the greatest possible release.
(3)  Where products containing EtO are
				exempted under subsection (2) of this section, the employer must maintain
				records of the objective data supporting that exemption and the basis for the
				employer's reliance on the data, as provided in WAC
				296-62-07375(1).
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.010,
					 49.17.040,
					 49.17.050,
					 49.17.060. 05-17-168, §
					 296-62-07355, filed 8/23/05, effective 1/1/06. Statutory Authority: Chapter
					 49.17 RCW. 91-24-017 (Order 91-07), § 296-62-07355, filed 11/22/91,
					 effective 12/24/91;88-23-054 (Order 88-25), § 296-62-07355, filed
					 11/14/88; 87-24-051 (Order 87-24), § 296-62-07355, filed
					 11/30/87.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07357 - Definitions

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For the purpose of WAC
				  296-62-07355
				  through
				  296-62-07389,
				  the following definitions shall apply:
Action level.
A concentration of airborne EtO
				  of 0.5 ppm calculated as an eight-hour time-weighted average.
Authorized person.
Any person specifically
				  authorized by the employer whose duties require the person to enter a regulated
				  area, or any person entering such an area as a designated representative of
				  employees for the purpose of exercising the right to observe monitoring and
				  measuring procedures under WAC
				  296-62-07377,
				  or any other person authorized by chapter 49.17 RCW or regulations issued under
				  chapter 49.17 RCW.
Director.
The director of the department of
				  labor and industries, or designee.
Emergency.
Any occurrence such as, but not
				  limited to, equipment failure, rupture of containers, or failure of control
				  equipment that is likely to or does result in an unexpected significant release
				  of EtO.
Employee exposure.
Exposure to airborne EtO
				  which would occur if the employee were not using respiratory protective
				  equipment.
Ethylene oxide or EtO.
The three-membered ring
				  organic compound with chemical formula
				  C2H4O.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 87-24-051 (Order
					 87-24), § 296-62-07357, filed
					 11/30/87.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07359 - Permissible exposure limits (PEL)

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(1)
				 Eight-hour time-weighted average (TWA). The employer must ensure
				that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of EtO in excess of
				one part EtO per million parts of air (1 ppm) as an eight-hour time-weighted
				average. (Eight-hour TWA.)
(2) 
				Excursion limit. The employer must ensure that no employee is exposed to an
				airborne concentration of EtO in excess of five parts of EtO per million parts
				of air (5 ppm) as averaged over a sampling period of fifteen minutes.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 88-23-054 (Order
					 88-25), § 296-62-07359, filed 11/14/88; 87-24-051 (Order 87-24), §
					 296-62-07359, filed 11/30/87.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07361 - Exposure monitoring

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(1) 
				General.
(a)  Determinations of employee
				exposure must be made from breathing zone air samples that are representative
				of the eight-hour TWA and fifteen-minute short-term exposures of each
				employee.
(b)  Representative
				eight-hour TWA employee exposure must be determined on the basis of one or more
				samples representing full-shift exposure for each shift for each job
				classification in each work area. Representative fifteen-minute short-term
				employee exposures must be determined on the basis of one or more samples
				representing fifteen-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.
(c)
				 Where the employer can document that exposure levels are
				equivalent for similar operations in different work shifts, the employer need
				only determine representative employee exposure for that operation during one
				shift.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07363 - Regulated areas

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(1)  The
				employer must establish a regulated area wherever occupational exposures to
				airborne concentrations of EtO may exceed the TWA or wherever the EtO
				concentration exceeds or can reasonably be expected to exceed the excursion
				limit.
(2)  Access to regulated
				areas must be limited to authorized persons.
(3)
				 Regulated areas must be demarcated in any manner that minimizes
				the number of employees within the regulated area.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 88-23-054 (Order
					 88-25), § 296-62-07363, filed 11/14/88; 87-24-051 (Order 87-24), §
					 296-62-07363, filed 11/30/87.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07365 - Methods of compliance

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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 TWA and to or below the
				excursion limit, except to the extent that such controls are not
				feasible.
(b)  Wherever the
				feasible engineering controls and work practices that can be instituted are not
				sufficient to reduce employee exposure to or below the TWA and to or below the
				excursion limit, the employer must use them to reduce employee exposure to the
				lowest levels achievable by these controls and must supplement them by the use
				of respiratory protection that complies with the requirements of WAC
				296-62-07367.
(c)  Engineering controls are generally
				infeasible for the following operations: Collection of quality assurance
				sampling from sterilized materials removal of biological indicators from
				sterilized materials: Loading and unloading of tank cars; changing of ethylene
				oxide tanks on sterilizers; and vessel cleaning. For these operations,
				engineering controls are required only where the director demonstrates that
				such controls are feasible.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07367 - Respiratory protection and personal protective equipment

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(1) General. For employees who use
				respirators required by this section, the employer must provide respirators
				that comply with the requirements of WAC
				296-62-07355 through
				296-62-07389. 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, vessel cleaning, or other 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 TWA or excursion limit;
(d) Emergencies.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07369 - Emergency situations

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(1) 
				Written plan.
(a)  A written plan for
				emergency situations must be developed for each workplace where there is a
				possibility of an emergency. Appropriate portions of the plan must be
				implemented in the event of an emergency.
(b)
				 The plan must specifically provide that employees engaged in
				correcting emergency conditions must be equipped with respiratory protection as
				required by WAC
				296-62-07367
				until the emergency is abated.
(c) 
				The plan must include the elements prescribed in WAC
				296-24-567,
				"Employee emergency plans and fire prevention plans."
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07371 - Medical surveillance

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(1) 
				General.
(a)  Employees covered.
(i)  The employer must institute a medical
				surveillance program for all employees who are or may be exposed to EtO at or
				above the action level, without regard to the use of respirators, for at least
				thirty days a year.
(ii)  The
				employer must make available medical examinations and consultations to all
				employees who have been exposed to EtO in an emergency situation.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07373 - Communication of EtO hazards

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(1) 
				Hazard communication - General.
(a)  Chemical
				manufacturers, importers, distributors and employers must comply with all
				requirements of the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS), WAC
				296-901-140
				for EtO.
(b)  In classifying the
				hazards of EtO at least the following hazards are to be addressed: Cancer;
				reproductive effects; mutagenicity; central nervous system; skin sensitization;
				skin, eye and respiratory tract irritation; acute toxicity effects; and
				flammability.
(c)  Employers must
				include EtO 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
				EtO and to safety data sheets, and is trained in accordance with the
				requirements of HCS and WAC
				296-855-20090.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07375 - Recordkeeping

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(1)  Objective data
				for exempted operations.
(a)  Where the
				processing, use, or handling of products made from or containing EtO are
				exempted from other requirements of WAC
				296-62-07355
				through
				296-62-07389
				under WAC
				296-62-07355, or
				where objective data have been relied on in lieu of initial monitoring under
				WAC
				296-62-07361(2)(b),
				the employer must establish and maintain an accurate record of objective data
				reasonably relied upon in support of the exemption.
(b)  This record must include at least the
				following information:
(i)  The product
				qualifying for exemption;
(ii)  The
				source of the objective data;
(iii)
				 The testing protocol, results of testing, and/or analysis of the
				material for the release of EtO;
(iv)
				 A description of the operation exempted and how the data support
				the exemption; and
(v)  Other data
				relevant to the operations, materials, processing, or employee exposures
				covered by the exemption.
(c)
				 The employer must maintain this record for the duration of the
				employer's reliance upon such objective data.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07377 - Observation of monitoring

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(1) 
				Employee observation. The employer must provide affected employees or their
				designated representatives an opportunity to observe any monitoring of employee
				exposure to EtO conducted in accordance with WAC
				296-62-07361.
(2)  Observation procedures. When observation
				of the monitoring of employee exposure to EtO requires entry into an area where
				the use of protective clothing or equipment is required, the observer must be
				provided with and be required to use such clothing and equipment and must
				comply with all other applicable safety and health procedures.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 87-24-051 (Order
					 87-24), § 296-62-07377, filed
					 11/30/87.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07381 - Appendices

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The information contained in the appendices is not intended
				  by itself to create any additional obligations not otherwise imposed or to
				  detract from any existing obligation.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 87-24-051 (Order
					 87-24), § 296-62-07381, filed
					 11/30/87.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07383 - Appendix A - Substance safety data sheet for ethylene oxide (nonmandatory)

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(1)
Substance identification
(a)
				Substance: Ethylene oxide
				(C2H4O).
(b) Synonyms: Dihydrooxirene, dimethylene
				oxide, EO, 1,2-epoxyethane, EtO, ETO, oxacyclopropane, oxane, oxidoethane,
				alpha/beta-oxidoethane, oxiran, oxirane.
(c) Ethylene oxide can be found as a liquid
				or vapor.
(d) EtO is used in the
				manufacture of ethylene glycol, surfactants, ethanolamines, glycol ethers, and
				other organic chemicals. EtO is also used as a sterilant and
				fumigant.
(e) Appearance and odor:
				Colorless liquid below 10.7°C (51.3°F) or colorless gas with ether-like
				odor detected at approximately 700 parts EtO per million parts of air (700
				ppm).
(f) Permissible exposure:
				Exposure may not exceed 1 part EtO per million parts of air averaged over the
				8-hour work day.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07385 - Appendix B - Substance technical guidelines for ethylene oxide (nonmandatory)

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(1)
				Physical and chemical data:
(a) Substance
				identification:
(i) Synonyms: Dihydrooxirene,
				dimethylene oxide, EO, 1,2-epoxyethane, EtO, ETO, oxacyclopropane, oxane,
				oxidoethane, alpha/beta-oxidoethane, oxiran, oxirane.
(ii) Formula:
				(C2H4O).
(iii) Molecular weight: 44.06.
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(1)
				Route of entry: Inhalation.
(2)
				Toxicology:
(a) Clinical evidence of adverse
				effects associated with the exposure to EtO is present in the form of increased
				incidence of cancer in laboratory animals (leukemia, stomach, brain), mutation
				in offspring in animals, and resorptions and spontaneous abortions in animals
				and human populations respectively. Findings in humans and experimental animals
				exposed to airborne concentrations of EtO also indicate damage to the genetic
				material (DNA). These include hemoglobin alkylation, unscheduled DNA synthesis,
				sister chromatid exchange chromosomal aberration, and functional sperm
				abnormalities.
(b) Ethylene oxide
				in liquid form can cause eye irritation and injury to the cornea, frostbite,
				severe irritation, and blistering of the skin upon prolonged or confined
				contact. Ingestion of EtO can cause gastric irritation and liver injury. Other
				effects from inhalation of EtO vapors include respiratory irritation and lung
				injury, headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dyspnea and cyanosis.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-074 - Cadmium

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Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 93-07-044 (Order
					 93-01), § 296-62-074, filed 3/13/93, effective
					 4/27/93.
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This standard applies to all occupational exposures to
				  cadmium and cadmium compounds, in all forms, and in all industries covered by
				  the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act, except the
				  construction-related industries, which are covered under WAC
				  296-155-174.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 93-07-044 (Order
					 93-01), § 296-62-07401, filed 3/13/93, effective
					 4/27/93.
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An airborne concentration of cadmium of 2.5 micrograms per
				  cubic meter of air (2.5 µg/m3), calculated as
				  an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA).
Authorized person.
Any person authorized by the
				  employer and required by work duties to be present in regulated areas or any
				  person authorized by the WISH Act or regulations issued under it to be in
				  regulated areas.
Director.
The director of the department of
				  labor and industries, or authorized representatives.
Employee exposure and similar language referring to
				  the air cadmium level to which an employee is exposed.
The exposure to
				  airborne cadmium that would occur if the employee were not using respiratory
				  protective equipment.
Final medical determination.
The written
				  medical opinion of the employee's health status by the examining physician
				  under WAC
				  296-62-07423(3) through
				  (12) or, if multiple physician review under
				  WAC
				  296-62-07423(13)
				  or the alternative physician determination under WAC
				  296-62-07423(14)
				  is invoked, it is the final, written medical finding, recommendation or
				  determination that emerges from that process.
High-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter.
A filter capable of trapping and retaining at least 99.97 percent of
				  mono-dispersed particles of 0.3 micrometers in diameter.
Regulated area.
An area demarcated by the
				  employer where an employee's exposure to airborne concentrations of cadmium
				  exceeds, or can reasonably be expected to exceed the permissible exposure limit
				  (PEL).
Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 93-21-075 (Order
					 93-06), § 296-62-07403, filed 10/20/93, effective 12/1/93; 93-07-044
					 (Order 93-01), § 296-62-07403, filed 3/13/93, effective
					 4/27/93.
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The employer must ensure that no employee is exposed to an
				  airborne concentration of cadmium in excess of five micrograms per cubic meter
				  of air (5 µg/m3), calculated as an 8-hour
				  time-weighted average exposure (TWA).
Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 93-07-044 (Order
					 93-01), § 296-62-07405, filed 3/13/93, effective
					 4/27/93.
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(1) 
				General.
(a)  Each employer who has a
				workplace or work operation covered by this section must determine if any
				employee may be exposed to cadmium at or above the action level.
(b)  Determinations of employee exposure must
				be made from breathing zone air samples that reflect the monitored employee's
				regular, daily 8-hour TWA exposure to cadmium.
(c)  8-hour TWA exposures must be determined
				for each employee on the basis of one or more personal breathing zone air
				samples reflecting full shift exposure on each shift, for each job
				classification, in each work area. Where several employees perform the same job
				tasks, in the same job classification, on the same shift, in the same work
				area, and the length, duration, and level of cadmium exposures are similar, an
				employer may sample a representative fraction of the employees instead of all
				employees in order to meet this requirement. In representative sampling, the
				employer must sample the employee(s) expected to have the highest cadmium
				exposures.
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(1) 
				Establishment. The employer must establish a regulated area wherever an
				employee's exposure to airborne concentrations of cadmium is, or can reasonably
				be expected to be in excess of the permissible exposure limit (PEL).
(2)  Demarcation. Regulated areas must be
				demarcated from the rest of the workplace in any manner that adequately
				establishes and alerts employees of the boundaries of the regulated
				area.
(3)  Access. Access to
				regulated areas must be limited to authorized persons.
(4)  Provision of respirators. Each person
				entering a regulated area must be supplied with and required to use a
				respirator, selected in accordance with WAC
				296-62-07413(2).
(5)  Prohibited activities. The employer must
				ensure that employees do not eat, drink, smoke, chew tobacco or gum, or apply
				cosmetics in regulated areas, carry the products associated with these
				activities into regulated areas, or store such products in those
				areas.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 93-07-044 (Order
					 93-01), § 296-62-07409, filed 3/13/93, effective
					 4/27/93.
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(1) 
				Compliance hierarchy.
(a)  Except as
				specified in (b), (c), and (d) of this subsection, the employer must implement
				engineering and work practice controls to reduce and maintain employee exposure
				to cadmium at or below the PEL, except to the extent that the employer can
				demonstrate that such controls are not feasible.
(b)  Except as specified in (c) and (d) of
				this subsection, in industries where a separate engineering control air limit
				(SECAL) has been specified for particular processes (Table I of this
				subsection), the employer must implement engineering and work practice controls
				to reduce and maintain employee exposure at or below the SECAL, except to the
				extent that the employer can demonstrate that such controls are not feasible.
Table I.-Separate Engineering
Control Airborne Limits (SECALs) for Processes in Selected
				  Industries
Industry
Process
SECAL
							 (µg/m3)
Nickel cadmium battery
Plate making, plate preparation
50
All other processes
15
Zinc/Cadmium refining*
Cadmium refining, casting, melting, oxide
							 production, sinter plant
50
Pigment manufacture
Calcine, crushing, milling, blending
50
All other processes
15
Stabilizers*
Cadmium oxide charging, crushing, drying,
							 blending
50
Lead smelting*
Sinter plant, blast furnace, bag-house, yard
							 area
50
Plating*
Mechanical plating
15
*
Processes in these industries that are not
								specified in this table must achieve the PEL using engineering controls and
								work practices as required in (a) of this subsection.
(c) 
				The requirement to implement engineering and work practice controls to achieve
				the PEL or, where applicable, the SECAL does not apply where the employer
				demonstrates the following:
(i)  The employee
				is only intermittently exposed; and
(ii)
				 The employee is not exposed above the PEL on thirty or more days
				per year (twelve consecutive months).
(d)  Wherever engineering and work practice
				controls are required and are not sufficient to reduce employee exposure to or
				below the PEL or, where applicable, the SECAL, the employer nonetheless must
				implement such controls to reduce exposures to the lowest levels achievable.
				The employer must supplement such controls with respiratory protection that
				complies with the requirements of WAC
				296-62-07413
				and the PEL.
(e)  The employer must
				not use employee rotation as a method of compliance.
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(1)
				General. For employees who use respirators required by this section, the
				employer must provide each employee an appropriate respirator that complies
				with the requirements of this subsection. Respirators must be used during:
(a) Periods necessary to install or implement
				feasible engineering and work-practice controls when employee exposure levels
				exceed the PEL;
(b) Maintenance and
				repair activities, and brief or intermittent operations, where employee
				exposures exceed the PEL and engineering and work-practice controls are not
				feasible or are not required;
(c)
				Activities in regulated areas as specified in WAC
				296-62-07409;
(d) Work operations for which the employer
				has implemented all feasible engineering and work-practice controls and such
				controls are not sufficient to reduce employee exposures to or below the
				PEL;
(e) Work operations for which
				an employee who is exposed to cadmium at or above the action level, and the
				employee requests a respirator;
(f)
				Work operations for which an employee is exposed above the PEL and engineering
				controls are not required by WAC
				296-62-07411(1)(b);
				and
(g) Emergencies.
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The employer must develop and implement a written plan for
				  dealing with emergency situations involving substantial releases of airborne
				  cadmium. The plan must include provisions for the use of appropriate
				  respirators and personal protective equipment. In addition, employees not
				  essential to correcting the emergency situation must be restricted from the
				  area and normal operations halted in that area until the emergency is
				  abated.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 93-07-044 (Order
					 93-01), § 296-62-07415, filed 3/13/93, effective
					 4/27/93.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07417 - Protective work clothing and equipment

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(1)
				 Provision and use. If an employee is exposed to airborne cadmium
				above the PEL or where skin or eye irritation is associated with cadmium
				exposure at any level, the employer must provide at no cost to the employee,
				and ensure that the employee uses, appropriate protective work clothing and
				equipment that prevents contamination of the employee and the employee's
				garments. Protective work clothing and equipment includes, but is not limited
				to:
(a)  Coveralls or similar full-body work
				clothing;
(b)  Gloves, head
				coverings, and boots or foot coverings; and
(c)
				 Face shields, vented goggles, or other appropriate protective
				equipment that complies with WAC
				296-800-160.
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(1)
				 General. For employees whose airborne exposure to cadmium is
				above the PEL, the employer must provide clean change rooms, handwashing
				facilities, showers, and lunchroom facilities that comply with WAC
				296-800-230.
(2)  Change rooms. The employer must ensure
				that change rooms are equipped with separate storage facilities for street
				clothes and for protective clothing and equipment, which are designed to
				prevent dispersion of cadmium and contamination of the employee's street
				clothes.
(3)  Showers and
				handwashing facilities.
(a)  The employer
				must ensure that employees who are exposed to cadmium above the PEL shower
				during the end of the work shift.
(b)
				 The employer must ensure that employees whose airborne exposure
				to cadmium is above the PEL wash their hands and faces prior to eating,
				drinking, smoking, chewing tobacco or gum, or applying cosmetics.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07421 - Housekeeping

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(1)  All surfaces
				must be maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of
				cadmium.
(2)  All spills and sudden
				releases of material containing cadmium must be cleaned up as soon as
				possible.
(3)  Surfaces
				contaminated with cadmium must, wherever possible, be cleaned by vacuuming or
				other methods that minimize the likelihood of cadmium becoming
				airborne.
(4)  HEPA-filtered
				vacuuming equipment or equally effective filtration methods must be used for
				vacuuming. The equipment must be used and emptied in a manner that minimizes
				the reentry of cadmium into the workplace.
(5)
				 Shoveling, dry or wet sweeping, and brushing may be used only
				where vacuuming or other methods that minimize the likelihood of cadmium
				becoming airborne have been tried and found not to be effective.
(6)  Compressed air must not be used to
				remove cadmium from any surface unless the compressed air is used in
				conjunction with a ventilation system designed to capture the dust cloud
				created by the compressed air.
(7) 
				Waste, scrap, debris, bags, containers, personal protective equipment, and
				clothing contaminated with cadmium and consigned for disposal must be collected
				and disposed of in sealed impermeable bags or other closed, impermeable
				containers. These bags and containers must be labeled in accordance with WAC
				296-62-07425(3).
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.010, [49.17].040, [49.17].050.
					 02-12-098, § 296-62-07421, filed 6/5/02, effective 8/1/02. Statutory
					 Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 93-07-044 (Order 93-01), § 296-62-07421,
					 filed 3/13/93, effective 4/27/93.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part G - CARCINOGENS (SPECIFIC) › Section 296-62-07423 - Medical surveillance

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(1) 
				General.
(a)  Scope.
(i)
				 Currently exposed. The employer must institute a medical
				surveillance program for all employees who are or may be exposed to cadmium at
				or above the action level unless the employer demonstrates that the employee is
				not, and will not be, exposed at or above the action level on thirty or more
				days per year (twelve consecutive months); and
(ii)  Previously exposed. The employer must
				also institute a medical surveillance program for all employees who prior to
				the effective date of this section might previously have been exposed to
				cadmium at or above the action level by the employer, unless the employer
				demonstrates that the employee did not prior to the effective date of this
				section work for the employer in jobs with exposure to cadmium for an
				aggregated total of more than sixty months.