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From: Ralph Stuart <esf**At_Symbol_Here**UVM.EDU>
Subject: Re: Chemical lists for schools
Date: Oct 4, 2006 11:52 UTC
Reply-To: esf**At_Symbol_Here**UVM.EDU
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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