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29 CFR 1910.1048(n)(1): The employer shall assure that all employees who are assigned to workplaces where there is exposure to formaldehyde participate in a training program, except that where the employer can show, using objective data, that employees are not exposed to formaldehyde at or above 0.1 ppm, the employer is not required to provide training: The employer did not assure that all employees assigned to workplaces where there were exposures to formaldehyde above 0.1 ppm participated in a formaldehyde training program when: a) At the Poly Line Bung Removal, a Bung Removal employee was exposed to formaldehyde at a level of 0.48 ppm as an 8-hour TWA on September 12, 2017. This exposure was determined by air sampling conducted over 463 minutes during one shift with zero exposure being assumed for the unsampled 17 minutes of an 8-hour work shift. b) At the Steel Inspection, an Inspection employee was exposed to formaldehyde at a level of 0.29 ppm as an 8-hour TWA on September 12, 2017. This exposure was determined by air sampling conducted over 464 minutes during one shift with zero exposure being assumed for the unsampled 16 minutes of an 8-hour work shift. All provisions of 29 CFR 1910.1048 (n)(3)(i) through (n)(3)(vii) must be covered in a formaldehyde training program. Key elements include, but are not limited to the following: 1) Contents of SDS 2) Description of potential health hazards 3) Operations where formaldehyde is present 4) Purpose, use and limitations of PPE 5) Importance of engineering controls and work practices 6) Emergency procedures