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29 CFR 1910.1018(o)(1)(i): A training program was not instituted for each employee who was subject to inorganic arsenic exposure above the action level, without regard to respirator use, or for whom there was a possibility of skin or eye irritation from inorganic arsenic: a) On February 28, 2024, in the inside blasting building where an inorganic arsenic training program was not instituted for employees performing abrasive blasting activities, an employee was exposed to inorganic arsenic at an 8-hour time weighted average (TWA) of 66 micrograms per cubic meter, 6.6 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) for inorganic arsenic of 10 micrograms per cubic meter. Sampling was conducted for 445 minutes. Zero exposure was assumed for the remaining 35 minutes.