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• Standard Number: 1910.124(h)
• Status: Archived
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May 5, 1988

MEMORANDUM FOR: THOMAS J. SHEPICH, Director
                Directorate of Compliance Programs

THRU:           RALPH YODAIKEN, M.D., M.P.H., Director
                Office of Occupational Medicine
                EDWARD BAIER, Director
                Directorate of Technical Support

FROM:           ANGELA PRESSON, M.D., M.P.H., Medical Officer
                Office of Occupational Medicine

SUBJECT:        Medical Examinations for Employees Exposed to Chromic Acid

The term "periodic examination[s]" in 29 CFR [1910.124(h)(4)] means on a yearly basis unless otherwise indicated. At any time when there is a chromic acid spill onto an employee's skin or saturation of clothing, a physician should be responsible for evaluating and monitoring the skin area where chromic acid made contact with the skin.

When no chromic acid contact with skin has occurred, at an exposure to an airborne concentration above .05 mg/cubic meter (the ACGIH TLV for hexavalent chromium) or greater employees should be periodically examined.


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