Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 006A Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): The employer shall ensure that an employee using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator is fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model or make) is used, and at least annually thereafter. (a) On or about February 11, 2020, the employer did not ensure that employees required to wear respirators in the finishing department for total dust over the 8 hour time-weighted permissible exposure limit of 15 milligrams per cubic meter of air and respirable crystalline silica over the 8 hour time-weighted permissible exposure limit of 50 micrograms of cubic air were fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator in that not all of the employees had received their initial fit test. (b) On or about February 11, 2020, the employer did not ensure that employees required to wear respirators in the finishing department for total dust over the 8 hour time-weighted permissible exposure limit of 15 milligrams per cubic meter of air and respirable crystalline silica over the 8 hour time-weighted permissible exposure limit of 50 micrograms of cubic air were fit tested annually. Employees who were not present for the annual fit test did not receive an annual fit test upon their return to work, and several employees had not passed their annual fit test.