WAC 296-818-20010. Personal protective equipment (PPE)

(1) You must provide, at no cost to the employee, and make sure personal protective equipment is worn. (2) You must follow the requirements in Table-1, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Table-1: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) provide when Abrasive Blasting Respirators Operators work in any of the following situations: - Inside blast cleaning rooms - Where silica sand is used in manual blasting operations - Where concentrations of toxic dust exceed the permissible exposure limits found in a separate chapter: ■ Respiratory hazards, WAC 296-841-20020 , Table-3 "Exposure Limits for Air Contaminants" Exemption: • An abrasive respirator does not need to be worn if the operator is physically separated from the nozzle and blast by an exhaust ventilated enclosure. Definition: Abrasive-blasting respirator A supplied air or a continuous flow respirator constructed to cover and protect the operator's head, neck and shoulders from rebounding abrasive. Eye and Face protection to both of the following: - Blasting operators Respirators worn during blasting operations do not provide eye and face protection - Personnel working near blasting operations Gloves and Aprons made of heavy canvas or leather; Operators are exposed to the impact of rebounding abrasives or Equivalent protection provide when Abrasive Blasting Respirators Operators work in any of the following situations: - Inside blast cleaning rooms - Where silica sand is used in manual blasting operations - Where concentrations of toxic dust exceed the permissible exposure limits found in a separate chapter: ■ Respiratory hazards, WAC 296-841-20020 , Table-3 "Exposure Limits for Air Contaminants" Exemption: • An abrasive respirator does not need to be worn if the operator is physically separated from the nozzle and blast by an exhaust ventilated enclosure. Definition: Abrasive-blasting respirator A supplied air or a continuous flow respirator constructed to cover and protect the operator's head, neck and shoulders from rebounding abrasive. Eye and Face protection to both of the following: - Blasting operators Respirators worn during blasting operations do not provide eye and face protection - Personnel working near blasting operations Gloves and Aprons made of heavy canvas or leather; Operators are exposed to the impact of rebounding abrasives or Equivalent protection Notes: 1. Use only respirators certified by NIOSH in 42 C.F.R. Part 84 for protecting employees from dusts, and other hazards produced during abrasive blasting operations, like using a garnet sand to blast a concrete surface, resulting in crystalline silica dust. 2. A filtering face piece may be used only for short, intermittent, or occasional dust exposures for any of the following tasks: a. To protect the operator during abrasive blasting operations performed outside the enclosure or outdoors where nonsilica abrasives are used on materials with low toxicity; b. Clean-up; c. Dumping dust collectors; d. Unloading shipments of sand at receiving areas when the following controls are not feasible: i. Enclosures; ii. Exhaust ventilation; or iii. Other means. Reference: For additional requirements to help you fully protect employees, go to the following separate chapters: 1. The Safety and health core rules, chapter 296-800 WAC; Personal protective equipment (PPE), WAC 296-800-160 . 2. Respiratory hazards, chapter 296-841 WAC; 3. Respirators, chapter 296-842 WAC: a. Respirator program, WAC 296-842-120 ; b. Specifications for air quality, WAC 296-842-200.