The written exposure control plan is tool to approach the ways that employers protecting their workers from overexposure to silica dust hazards.
The plan lays out how team will implement protective measures and ensure the proper functioning of engineering controls and work practices that can prevent overexposures from occurring.
Your written exposure control plan is the list of everything you doing on site to protect workers from silica dust and must contain, at minimum, the following four elements..
description of the in the workplace that involve exposure to crystalline silica..
description of the engineering controls, work practices, and protection used to limit employee exposure to crystalline silica for each task..
By other employers or sole proprietors, description of the procedures used to restrict access to work areas, when necessary, to minimize the number of employees exposed to crystalline silica and their level of exposure, including exposures generated...
Employers shall review and evaluate the effectiveness of the written exposure control plan at least annually and update, the plan may change from one project to the next depending on how the tasks and the conditions differ..
The employer shall also designate competent person to make frequent and regular inspections of job sites, materials, and equipment to implement the written exposure control plan..
o creating and maintain the written plan, employers must ensure that all individuals.
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