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29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Fit testing. This paragraph requires that, before an employee may be required to use any respirator with a negative or positive pressure tight-fitting facepiece, the employee must be fit tested with the same make, model, style, and size of respirator that will be used. This paragraph specifies the kinds of fit tests allowed, the procedures for conducting them, and how the results of the fit tests must be used. The employer shall ensure that an employee using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator is fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model or make) is used, and at least annually thereafter. a) On or about March 18, 2024, at Resilience US, Inc., 8814 Trade Port Drive, Hamilton, Ohio 45011 at fill 5, EGC did not ensure that employees required to wear tight-fitting respirators such as the 3M 8511 N95 Respirator were fit tested prior to use and at least annually thereafter when exposed to contaminants including but not limited to respirable crystalline silica while using the Hilti DCH 300X electric cutter handheld wet saw with a 12-inch blade and wet jackhammering indoors, which exposed employees to respirable crystalline silica.