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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: a. Bay 6: On or about March 7, 2022, employees at B & R Repair, Inc were required to wear respirators while completing the visual internal inspection portion of the annual DOT certification in rubber lined semi tanker trailers containing sodium hypochlorite solution. 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. b. Bay 6: On or about March 7, 2022, an employee attempted rescue and emergency services for an unconscious entrant from a permit required confined space, a rubber lined semi tanker trailer containing sodium hypochlorite. He was required to wear a full-face respirator during the rescue in order to enter the permit required confined