Mich. Admin. Code R. 325.60151 - Scope, application, and availability of standards
Rule 1.
(1) An
employer shall ensure that employee exposures to inhalation, ingestion, skin
absorption, or contact with any material or substance at a concentration above
those specified in the "Threshold Limit Values of Airborne Contaminants for
1970" of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, as
listed in
R
325.60154 to
R 325.60161, are avoided.
(2) To achieve compliance with subrule (1) of
this rule, an employer shall ensure that administrative or engineering controls
are implemented whenever feasible. If administrative or engineering controls
are not feasible to achieve full compliance, then protective equipment or other
protective measures must be used to keep the exposure of employees to air
contaminants within the limits prescribed in this rule. Any equipment and
technical measures used for this purpose must first be approved for each
particular use by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically
qualified person. Respirators must be used in a manner that is in compliance
with Occupational Health Standard Part 451. "Respiratory Protection."
(3) General Industry Safety and Health
Standard Part 302 "Vinyl Chloride," applies to the exposure of every employee
to vinyl chloride in every employment and place of employment covered by these
rules in place of any different standard on exposure to vinyl chloride that
would otherwise be applicable under subrule (1) of this rule.
(4) The "Threshold Limit Values (TLV) of the
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (A.C.G.I.H.) for
1970" appear in
R
325.60153 to
R 325.60161. The Threshold Limit
Values identified in these rules as Maximum Allowable Concentrations (MAC) are
specified in these rules.
(5) These
rules do not apply to the following types of employment:
(a) Agriculture.
(b) Domestic.
(c) Mining.
(d) General industry work.
(6) Exposure to air contaminants
in general industry work is covered by General Industry Safety and Health
Standard Part 301. "Air Contaminants for General Industry."
(7) The following Michigan Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) standards are referenced in these
rules. Up to 5 copies of these standards may be obtained at no charge from the
Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, MIOSHA Regulatory
Services Section, 530 West Allegan Street, P.O. Box 30643, Lansing, Michigan,
48909-8143 or via the internet at the following website:
www.michigan.gov/mioshastandards.
For quantities greater than 5, the cost, as of the time of adoption of these
rules, is 4 cents per page.
(a) General
Industry Safety and Health Standard Part 301. "Air Contaminants for General
Industry,"
R
325.51101 to
R
325.51108.
(b) General Industry Safety and Health
Standard Part 302. "Vinyl Chloride,"
R 325.51401 to
R
325.51414.
(c) General Industry and Construction Safety
and Health Standard Part 304. "Ethylene Oxide,"
R 325.51151 to
R 325.51177.
(d) General Industry and Construction Safety
and Health Standard Part 306. "Formaldehyde,"
R 325.51451 to
R
325.51477.
(e) General Industry and Construction Safety
and Health Standard Part 307. "Acrylonitrile,"
R 325.51501 to
R
325.51527.
(f) General Industry and Construction Safety
and Health Standard Part 308. "Inorganic Arsenic,"
R 325.51601 to
R
325.51628.
(g) General Industry and Construction Safety
and Health Standard Part 311. "Benzene,"
R 325.77101 to
R
325.77115.
(j) General Industry and Construction Safety
and Health Standard Part 314. "Coke Oven Emissions,"
R 325.50100 to
R 325.50136.
(l) Occupational Health Standard Part 602.
"Asbestos Standards for Construction,"
R
325.51301 to
R 325.51302.
(m) Construction Safety and Health Standard
Part 603. "Lead Exposure in Construction," R 325.51983 to
R 325.51993.
(n) Occupational Health Standard Part 604.
"Chromium (VI) in Construction,"
R
325.51995 to
R 325.51997.
(o) Construction Safety and Health Standard
Part 605. "Methylenedianiline (MDA) in Construction," R 325.60501 to R
325.60501.
(p) Construction Safety
and Health Standard Part 609. "Cadmium in Construction," R 325.60901 to R
325.60901.
Notes
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