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29 CFR 1910.134(f): Fit testing. This paragraph requires that, before an employee may be required to use any respirator with a negative or positive pressure tight-fitting facepiece, the employee must be fit tested with the same make, model, style, and size of respirator that will be used. This paragraph specifies the kinds of fit tests allowed, the procedures for conducting them, and how the results of the fit tests must be used. a. On or about May 6, 2012, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were conducting clean up operations of spent abrasive that contained lead based paint while wearing full face tight fitting respirators. The employer did not provide employees with a quantitative or qualitative fit test, thereby exposing employees to the hazards associated with lead.