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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

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.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. WSR 17-18-075, § 296-818-20010, filed 9/5/17, effective 10/6/17; WSR 09-05-071, § 296-818-20010, filed 2/17/09, effective 4/1/09; WSR 06-12-074, § 296-818-20010, filed 6/6/06, effective 9/1/06.]