Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.1048(g)(1)(iii): The employer did not provide required respirators and ensure their use by employees in work situations where feasible engineering and work-practice controls were not yet sufficient to reduce exposure to or below the permissible exposure limits: (a) On or about September 10, 2019, and at times prior, the employer did not ensure that employees working with formalin in a pathology lab who were overexposed to formaldehyde, a carcinogen, were protected from subsequent exposures in that they did not require respiratory protection during the period of time where engineering and work practice controls were insufficient to reduce exposures below OSHA limits. Abatement note: Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item. See Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet.