Or. Admin. Code § 437-002-1059 - Methods of Compliance

This rule describes the engineering and work practice controls you must use.

(1) Engineering and work practice controls. Use engineering and work practice controls to reduce and maintain employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica to or below the PEL, unless the employer can demonstrate that such controls are not feasible. Wherever such feasible engineering and work practice controls are not sufficient to reduce employee exposure to or below the PEL, use them to reduce employee exposure to the lowest feasible level and supplement them with the use of respiratory protection that complies with the requirements of this subdivision.

(2) Establish and implement a written exposure control plan that contains at least the following elements:

(a) A description of the tasks in the workplace that involve exposure to respirable crystalline silica;

(b) A description of the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection used to limit employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica for each task; and

(c) A description of the housekeeping measures used to limit employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica.

(d) Review and evaluate the effectiveness of the written exposure control plan at least annually and update it as necessary.

(e) For employees engaged in construction activity or using the specified exposure control methods allowed in 437-002-1057, designate a competent person to make frequent and regular inspections of job sites, materials, and equipment to implement the written exposure control plan.

(f) Make the written exposure control plan readily available for examination and copying, upon request, to each employee covered by this subdivision, their designated representatives, the Director of the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services, or designee, and the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or designee.

(3) Abrasive blasting. In addition to the requirements of 437-002-1058(1), comply with other Oregon OSHA standards, when applicable, such as 1910.94 (Ventilation) or 1926.57 (Ventilation) where abrasive blasting is conducted using crystalline silica containing blasting agents, or where abrasive blasting is conducted on substrates that contain crystalline silica.

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Or. Admin. Code § 437-002-1059

OSHA 5-2016, f. 9-23-16, cert. ef. 7/1/2018

Stat. Auth.: ORS 654.025(2), 656.726(4).

Stats. Implemented: ORS 654.001- 654.295