Can You Breathe Now?
This standard applies when engineering and administrative controls cannot adequately reduce employee exposure.
What is 29 CFR 1910.134?
This must be completed before an employee wears a tight-fitting respirator in the workplace.
What is fit testing?
A written respiratory protection program must be developed and implemented when respirators are required.
What is an employer responsibility?
This must occur before fit testing or respirator use.
What is a medical evaluation?
This respirator type removes contaminants from the air.
What is an air-purifying respirator (APR)?
Employers must provide respirators at no cost when this condition exists
What is exposure to hazardous atmospheres?
This fit test method relies on the wearer’s sensory detection of a test agent.
What is qualitative fit testing?
This individual is responsible for administering the respiratory protection program.
What is the program administrator?
This OSHA-required tool is used to determine an employee’s ability to wear a respirator.
What is the OSHA Respirator Medical Evaluation Questionnaire?
This respirator supplies breathable air from a clean source.
What is an atmosphere-supplying respirator?
This term describes respirator use when not required by the standard but still allowed under certain conditions.
What is voluntary use?
This type of respirator always requires fit testing.
This type of respirator always requires fit testing.
These procedures must be included in the written program.
What are respirator selection, medical evaluations, fit testing, training, and maintenance?
Medical evaluations must be performed by this licensed professional.
What is a PLHCP?
APRs are prohibited in this type of atmosphere.
What is an IDLH atmosphere?
This is the employer’s responsibility even when respirator use is voluntary (for filtering facepieces).
What is providing Appendix D information?
This must be repeated at least annually or when physical changes occur.
What is fit testing?
The program must be evaluated periodically to ensure this.
What is effectiveness?
Follow-up medical exams are required when this occurs.
What is a positive response on the questionnaire or observed difficulty using a respirator?
This factor is used to determine the level of respiratory protection provided.
What is the Assigned Protection Factor (APF)?
This type of respirator use requires full compliance with the respiratory protection program.
What is required use?
Facial hair is prohibited if it interferes with this respirator requirement.
What is the face-to-facepiece seal?
This section allows portions of the program to be omitted when respirator use is voluntary.
What is 1910.134(c)(2)?
Employers must provide medical evaluations at no cost and during this time.
What is normal working hours?
This must be considered when selecting respirators for hazardous environments.
What are the nature of the hazard, concentration, and exposure limits?