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Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 07:52:06 -0400
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From: Ralph Stuart <esf**At_Symbol_Here**UVM.EDU>
Subject: Re: Chemical lists for schools
From: ACTSNYC**At_Symbol_Here**cs.com
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Chemical lists for schools
Date: October 3, 2006 3:00:02 PM EDT
OSHA's definition of the N-95 (and other masks) is a "continuous
filter respirator." And they come under 1910.134 just like any other
respirator. You can't do this without certification, fit testing,
training, and a written program. Or you can do extensive air
sampling to prove the masks are not really needed and do the
volunteer program outlined in the Appendix to .134.
But whatever precautions OSHA deems needed to protect healthy adult
workers, liability dictates that you meet and exceed them for
nonworkers, students, volunteers, etc.
Gloves also require formal training under 1910.132. So you should
have a glove permeability chart and show students how to use it,
discuss rubber allergies, and teach them all of the other stuff
required in a proper training.
Monona Rossol
But requiring gloves and N-95's isn't out of the question
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