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29 CFR 1910.1053(d)(6)(i): Employee notification of assessment results. (i) Within 15 working days after completing an exposure assessment in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section, the employer shall individually notify each affected employee in writing of the results of that assessment or post the results in an appropriate location accessible to all affected employees. On or about and after May 7, 2019, the employer had failed to notify employees of exposure assessment results. On the following 4 occasions the employer performed air monitoring for determination of employee exposure assessment of airborne respirable crystalline silica and failed to provide any employee notifications of the results: a. May 7, 2019, b. May 17, 2019, c. May 30, 2019, and d. June 6, 2019. Due to the failure to notify employees monitored on these dates of the respective exposure assessment results; employees were not aware that individual exposures exceeded the permissible exposure limit for respirable silica. Inhalation hazards associated with respirable silica included increased risk for silicosis and cancer.