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29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): In addition, the employer must establish and implement those elements of a written respiratory protection program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily is medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator is cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user. Exception: Employers are not required to include in a written respiratory protection program those employees whose only use of respirators involves the voluntary use of filtering facepieces (dust masks). On or about 05/17/2012, the employer did not develop & implement a written respiratory protection program for employee(s) voluntarilly using personal respirator(s) that were engaged in renovation operations. An employee was wearing a personally owned 1/2 face respirator at the time of the incident.