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29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace: At the worksite at 6050 Manchester Trafficway Raytown, MO 64133: Employees were exposed to inhalation hazards such as mists vapors from the use of pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, and nutrients. The employer did not provide medical evaluations to employees before: a. Requiring the use of a half-face respirator while spraying pesticides or drenching nutrients throughout the grow rooms. b. Requiring the use of a half face respirator while using the twister. c. Requiring the use of a filtering facepiece before entering cultivation areas that have been sprayed with pesticides or drenching nutrients. d. Requiring the use of a filtering facepiece in the drying room.