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05/31/2023
Clarifications for breathing air quality and use
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03/02/2022
COVID-19 Focused Inspection Initiative in Healthcare
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12/16/2021
Respiratory protection against COVID-19 for employees with religiously mandated facial hair
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09/01/2021
Heat Initiative: Inspection Guidance
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07/07/2021
Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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10/02/2020
Temporary Enforcement Guidance – Tight-Fitting Powered Air Purifying Respirators (PAPRs) Used During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
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04/24/2020
Enforcement Guidance on Decontamination of Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Healthcare During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
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04/08/2020
Expanded Temporary Enforcement Guidance on Respiratory Protection Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces in All Industries During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
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09/04/2019
Escape-only respirators
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04/26/2018
Voluntary use respirators
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12/20/2017
Voluntary use of surgical masks
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10/19/2017
Interim Enforcement Guidance for the Respirable Crystalline Silica in Construction Standard, 29 CFR 1926.1153
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10/07/2016
OSHA requirements for smoke plume generated from laser and electrosurgical instruments in dental offices and hospital operating rooms
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03/18/2015
QLFT fit testing procedures
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07/17/2014
Permit-Required Confined Space Entry Requirements For IDLH and Non-IDLH Spaces
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11/04/2013
APF for the combination pressure-demand, full-facepiece SAR with auxiliary SCBA
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09/14/2012
Facial Hair Under Seal of Tight-fitting Respirator
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05/14/2012
Whether the Respiratory Protection standard requires personal air monitoring to identify and evaluate the respiratory hazards in the workplace.
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02/29/2012
Additional duties of two standby personnel for structural firefighting
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12/27/2011
Fit testing requirements for respirators used for CBRN protection.
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11/22/2011
Numerous questions on filtering facepiece/dusk mask respirators.
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10/26/2011
Fit testing for CBRN respirators.
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08/05/2011
OSHA's decision not to provide a religious exemption from the respirator standard.
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04/26/2011
Clarification on the use of smoke escape hoods/masks by area monitors during a building evacuation.
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04/01/2011
Clarification on firefighters with facial hair who enter IDLH atmospheres and use a self-contained breathing apparatus.
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08/11/2010
Use of smoke escape hoods meeting the ANSI-ISEA standard
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02/03/2010
Clarification of OSHA's position on preemption precluding state court findings with regard to defective NIOSH-certified respirators.
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01/29/2010
Definition of a single use and negative pressure respirator
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11/13/2009
Clarification on equivalent test nebulizer for qualitative fit tests.
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07/14/2009
Difference between voluntary and non-voluntary use of a respirator.
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06/02/2009
Maintenance of medical evaluation and fit test records as required by the Respiratory Protection Standard.
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05/01/2008
Clarification of OSHA denial of FirePASS's variance request and respiratory protection requirements in oxygen-deficient atmospheres.
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03/24/2008
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Protection Enforcement
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07/23/2007
Clarification on whether to use quantitative or qualitative fit-testing for full-facepiece PAPRs.
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05/17/2007
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Protection.
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05/10/2007
Clarification of OSHA's asbestos standards for general industry and construction and the respiratory protection standard as applied to medical surveillance of employees.
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04/04/2007
Performance of user seal checks and whether positive and/or negative seal checks are required when donning a respirator.
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04/02/2007
Clarification of OSHA's requirement for breathing air to have at least 19.5 percent oxygen content.
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07/12/2006
PSM compliance for ammonia refrigeration systems.
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02/22/2006
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Protection: prohibition on enforcement of annual fit testing requirements during fiscal year 2006.
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02/06/2006
Facial hair and voluntary use of filtering facepiece respirators.
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12/22/2004
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Protection: prohibition of enforcing annual fit testing requirements during 2005 fiscal year; enforcement of other 1910.134 provisions.
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10/28/2004
Requirements for providing medical evaluations prior to wearing respiratory protection for training exercises.
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10/21/2004
Respiratory protection medical evaluations: additional evaluations; use of employee's physician; testing; medical removal; and confidentiality.
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10/18/2004
Requirements for fit testing employees before fire brigade training exercises.
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07/30/2004
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Protection.
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07/23/2004
Respiratory protection program requirements for M. tuberculosis based on risk assessments; applicability of the respirator standard to long-term healthcare facilities.
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03/29/2004
Fit testing is not required for employees not exposed to a hazardous atmosphere and not required to wear a respirator.
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02/05/2004
Fit testing requirements for employees who wear respirators to protect against M. Tuberculosis, SARS, Smallpox, and Monkeypox.
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03/07/2003
Beards may not interfere with face seal;alternative respirators for bearded employees.
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01/13/2003
Respiratory protection and emergency escape requirements for IDLH atmospheres.
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12/02/2002
Training and PPE requirements for hospital staff that decontaminate victims/patients.
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09/24/2002
Respiratory protection, medical surveillance, and training requirements under HAZWOPER
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09/05/2002
Respiratory protection requirements for hospital staff decontaminating chemically contaminated patients.
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06/03/2002
Tuberculosis testing procedures for the home health care industry.
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05/30/2002
Protection factors for respirators used in pharmaceutical industry: policy change.
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05/03/2001
Application of 1926.800 to lone employees working underground in a tunnel or shaft connected to a tunnel.
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04/08/1999
Preemption of respiratory protection standard by DOT's Office of Pipeline Safety regulations.
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12/08/1998
Enforcement policy for abrasive-blasting respiratory protection under the Lead in Construction Interim Final Rule.
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12/07/1998
Respiratory protection for anhydrous ammonia storage installations.
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12/02/1998
Employee declination of medical evaluation; religious exemptions for respirator use.
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10/16/1998
Conduct of respiratory protection medical evaluations by medical technicians.
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10/16/1998
Questions and answers regarding the respiratory protection standard
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10/13/1998
Respiratory Protection Standard: Interim Enforcement Policy.
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10/22/1997
Conditions where OSHA might accept a product that is not approved by NIOSH.
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05/15/1997
Permissible Exposure Limits for Nuisance dust.
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03/31/1997
Additional Enforcement Policy Change for Respiratory Protection Required for Abrasive Blasting.
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12/09/1996
Issuance of and paying for Personal Protective Equipment.
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10/03/1996
Inquiry on beards, respirator use, and fit testing of repirators.
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09/11/1996
Voluntary safety and health audits under the Occupational Safety and Health Act
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09/04/1996
Belt mounted filtration unit used with any NIOSH approved supplied-air respirator.
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09/04/1996
Entry into a confined space when the lower flammable limit is greater than ten percent.
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09/03/1996
Particulate Respirators Certified under 42 CFR Part 84.
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07/18/1996
Incipient stage fire brigades.
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06/13/1996
Respirator Concerns.
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05/15/1996
Variance exposure level for silver metal.
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04/22/1996
Tuberculosis: respiratory protection and complaint inspection.
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04/18/1996
The Use of the Bullard "Free Air" Pump.
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04/16/1996
Job requiring respiratory protection.
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03/04/1996
Fit testing and fit factors for the N-95 respirators for protection against TB exposure.
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02/05/1996
The OSHA interpretation of respiratory protection requirements with regards to tuberculosis (TB) exposure.
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12/04/1995
Clarification of the requirements of the Respiratory Protection Standard.
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09/20/1995
Appropriateness of using Mag-1 Eyewear eyeglass holders with full facepiece respirators and self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA).
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09/06/1995
Update: OSHA Enforcement Policy for Occupational Exposure to Tuberculosis.
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07/03/1995
Interpretation of the Personal Protective Equipment standard
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04/06/1995
OSHA tuberculosis (TB) enforcement.
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03/09/1995
Employees in a cotton yarn manufacturing plant who voluntarily wear cloth over their mouths and noses to prevent lint from sticking to their skin.
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07/11/1994
Respirator use of spray operations involving paints containing isocyanates.
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05/25/1994
Respirator Exhalation Valve Leakage.
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02/23/1994
Storage of flammable and/or combustible liquids.
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06/17/1993
Pulmonary function testing training requirements and spirometer transmission of disease.
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04/14/1993
Respiratory protection as it relates to oil fields
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09/01/1992
South Carolina's regulatory procedures for single-use respirators.
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07/28/1992
Spray painting relating to vehicle maintenance operations.
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12/02/1991
Hazwoper training in hospitals.
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08/20/1991
Training requirements of Hazwoper for various functions.
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06/04/1991
Training required for emergency response at industrial facilities
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01/29/1991
The intervals between physical examinations for employees performing interior structural firefighting.
99
06/13/1990
Ventilation for an anhydrous ammonia refrigeration system.
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06/11/1990
Respirator rules as applied to open hatch gauging of sour crude oil storage tanks.
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05/01/1990
Respirators required during initial hazardous waste site entry
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01/10/1990
Use of Air-Purifying Respirators In Dangerous Concentrations of Gases Or Vapors
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06/27/1989
Sampling Procedures for Employees Using Air-Supplied Respirators
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04/25/1989
Respiratory protection requirements for sour crude oil tank operations.
105
03/01/1989
Respiratory Protection for Mercury and Chlorine
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09/15/1987
Respiratory protection compliance responsibility for contract workers and visitors.
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04/07/1987
Use of eyeglass inserts or spectacle kits inside respirator full facepieces.
108
03/24/1987
Acceptance of closed-circuit self-contained breathing apparatus for firefighting.
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04/21/1986
The M-17 gas mask may not be used by workers other than enlisted military personnel.
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01/17/1986
Standard for exposure to tetrahydrofuran; Respirators may be worn only if engineering and administrative controls are not feasible.
111
11/19/1985
Application of the Hazard Communication standard to gray and ductile iron castings.
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11/15/1985
Use of Bureau of Mines Approved Gas Mask Canisters
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03/29/1985
Facial hair and respirator wearing.
114
02/21/1985
Facial hair and the wearing of respirators.
115
11/13/1984
Acceptable respirators for exposure to ethylene oxide; Acceptable respirators for exposure to ethylene oxide.
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05/06/1982
Negative pressure respirators unacceptable for isocyanate paints.
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01/24/1980
Carbon Monoxide Alarm/Monitoring at Abrasive Blasting Operations.
