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29 CFR 1910.1026(i)(1): The employer did not provide change rooms, in conformance with the Sanitation standard, 29 CFR 1910.141, for employees who were required to change their clothes to use protective clothing and equipment for chromium (VI) exposures: a) Orion Industries, Ltd., 5492 N. Northwest Highway, Chicago, IL- On November 15, 2016, the employer did not provide change rooms, in conformance with the Sanitation standard, 29 CFR 1910.141, for employees who were required to change their clothes to use protective clothing and equipment for hexavalent chromium exposures. The temporary employee spray painting the mesh in Booth/Oven #577/377, and wearing street clothes with tyvek hood, tyvek sleeves and gloves was exposed to hexavalent chromium at levels exceeding the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 5 mcg/M3. In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification. This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement, or other written records.