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Standard Interpretations(Archived) - Standard Number

1910.138 - Employer Obligation to Pay for Personal Protective Equipment. - 10/18/1994
1910.138 - Issuance of and paying for Personal Protective Equipment. - 12/09/1996
1910.138 - Scope of logging standard -- 1910.266 - 03/12/1996
1910.138 - Wire mesh gloves are not warranted in some poultry processing operations. - 07/30/1975

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