Wash. Admin. Code § 296-841-100

Current through Register Vol. 24-16, August 15, 2024

Section 296-841-100 - Scope

This chapter applies when your employees are, or could be, exposed to an airborne hazard.

(1) The following are examples of airborne contaminants that may become airborne hazards in some workplaces:

(a) Chemicals listed in Table 3, Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs) for Airborne Contaminants;

(b) Any substance:

(i) Listed in the latest edition of the NIOSH Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances;

(ii) For which positive evidence of an acute or chronic health hazard exists through tests conducted by, or known to, the employer;

(iii) That may pose a hazard to human health as stated on a safety data sheet (SDS) kept by, or known to, the employer.

(c) Biological agents such as harmful bacteria, viruses or fungi.

Examples include:

(i) TB aerosols;

(ii) Anthrax;

(iii) Pesticides;

(iv) Chemicals used as crowd control agents, such as pepper spray; and

(v) Chemicals present at clandestine drug labs.

(2) Airborne contaminants exist in a variety of physical forms such as dusts, fibers, fogs, fumes, mists, gases, smoke, sprays, vapors, or aerosols.

Wash. Admin. Code § 296-841-100

Amended by WSR 14-07-086, filed 3/18/14, effective 5/1/2014

Amended by WSR 17-18-075, Filed 9/5/2017, effective 10/6/2017

Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. 07-05-062, § 296-841-100, filed 2/20/07, effective 4/1/07; 06-08-087, § 296-841-100, filed 4/4/06, effective 9/1/06; 05-17-168, § 296-841-100, filed 8/23/05, effective 1/1/06; 04-18-079, § 296-841-100, filed 8/31/04, effective 11/1/04; 03-20-115, § 296-841-100, filed 10/1/03, effective 1/1/04.