Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 003B Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.134(k): Training and information. This paragraph requires the employer to provide effective training to employees who are required to use respirators. The training must be comprehensive, understandable, and recur annually, and more often if necessary. This paragraph also requires the employer to provide the basic information on respirators in Appendix D of this section to employees who wear respirators when not required by this section or by the employer to do so. 29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1)(v): What the procedures are for maintenance and storage of the respirator; a. At the work site, employees who were required to wear respiratory protection left their respirators in open cubicles in the room where contaminated coveralls were removed and placed in open, unpainted wooden cubicles with their other personal protective equipment that included (but was not limited to) boots, gloves, sleeves, coveralls, head coverings and personal clothing. The employer did not ensure that employees were adequately trained on the proper procedures for maintenance and storage of respirators.