Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 004D Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.134(k): 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. On October 11, 2019 at the fabrication building associated with a business at 209 N. 4th Avenue, Saint Nazianz, WI 54232; the employer did not provide effective training to a Welder employee when the employee was required to use a tight-fitting half-face respirator while plasma cutting and MIG welding on a stainless steel tank.