Create a detailed toolbox talk on developing a detailed Hexavalent Chromium Plan.

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Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division Division 2 - (i) The employer shall ensure that surfaces contaminated with chromium (VI) are cleaned by HEPA-filter vacuuming or other methods that minimize the likelihood of exposure to chromium (VI). - (ii) Dry shoveling, dry sweeping, and dry brushing may be used only where HEPA-filtered vacuuming or other methods that minimize the likelihood of exposure to chromium (VI) have been tried and found not to be effective. - (iii) The employer shall not allow compressed air to be used to remove chromium (VI) from any surface unless: - (A) The compressed air is used in conjunction with a ventilation system designed to capture the dust cloud created by the compressed air; or - (B) No alternative method is feasible. - (iv) The employer shall ensure that cleaning equipment is handled in a manner that minimizes the reentry of chromium (VI) into the workplace. - (3) Disposal. The employer shall ensure that: - (i) Waste, scrap, debris, and any other materials contaminated with chromium (VI) and consigned for disposal are collected and disposed of in sealed, impermeable bags or other closed, impermeable containers. - (ii) Bags or containers of waste, scrap, debris, and any other materials contaminated with chromium (VI) that are consigned for disposal are labeled in accordance with the requirements of the Hazard Communication Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1200. - (k) Medical surveillance. - (1) General. - (i) The employer shall make medical surveillance available at no cost to the employee, and at a reasonable time and place, for all employees: - (A) Who are or may be occupationally exposed to chromium (VI) at or above the action level for 30 or more days a year; - (B) Experiencing signs or symptoms of the adverse health effects associated with chromium (VI) exposure; or - (C) Exposed in an emergency. - (ii) The employer shall assure that all medical examinations and procedures required by this section are performed by or under the supe…

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Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division Division 2 - (i) The employer shall ensure that employees remove all protective clothing and equipment contaminated with chromium (VI) at the end of the work shift or at the completion of their tasks involving chromium (VI) exposure, whichever comes first. - (ii) The employer shall ensure that no employee removes chromium (VI)contaminated protective clothing or equipment from the workplace, except for those employees whose job it is to launder, clean, maintain, or dispose of such clothing or equipment. - (iii) When contaminated protective clothing or equipment is removed for laundering, cleaning, maintenance, or disposal, the employer shall ensure that it is stored and transported in sealed, impermeable bags or other closed, impermeable containers. - (iv) The employer shall ensure that bags or containers of contaminated protective clothing or equipment that are removed from change rooms for laundering, cleaning, maintenance, or disposal are labeled in accordance with the requirements of the Hazard Communication Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1200. ## (3) Cleaning and replacement. - (i) The employer shall clean, launder, repair and replace all protective clothing and equipment required by this section as needed to maintain its effectiveness. - (ii) The employer shall prohibit the removal of chromium (VI) from protective clothing and equipment by blowing, shaking, or any other means that disperses chromium (VI) into the air or onto an employee's body. - (iii) The employer shall inform any person who launders or cleans protective clothing or equipment contaminated with chromium (VI) of the potentially harmful effects of exposure to chromium (VI) and that the clothing and equipment should be laundered or cleaned in a manner that minimizes skin or eye contact with chromium (VI) and effectively prevents the release of airborne chromium (VI) in excess of the PEL. ## (i) Hygiene areas and practices. - (1) General. Where protective…

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Division 2 AO 3-2019 Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division - (2) Change rooms. The employer shall assure that change rooms are equipped with separate storage facilities for protective clothing and equipment and for street clothes, and that these facilities prevent cross-contamination. - (3) Washing facilities. - (i) The employer shall provide readily accessible washing facilities capable of removing chromium (VI) from the skin, and shall ensure that affected employees use these facilities when necessary. - (ii) The employer shall ensure that employees who have skin contact with chromium (VI) wash their hands and faces at the end of the work shift and prior to eating, drinking, smoking, chewing tobacco or gum, applying cosmetics, or using the toilet. - (4) Eating and drinking areas. - (i) Whenever the employer allows employees to consume food or beverages at a worksite where chromium (VI) is present, the employer shall ensure that eating and drinking areas and surfaces are maintained as free as practicable of chromium (VI). - (ii) The employer shall ensure that employees do not enter eating and drinking areas with protective work clothing or equipment unless surface chromium (VI) has been removed from the clothing and equipment by methods that do not disperse chromium (VI) into the air or onto an employee's body. - (5) Prohibited activities. The employer shall ensure that employees do not eat, drink, smoke, chew tobacco or gum, or apply cosmetics in regulated areas, or in areas where skin or eye contact with chromium (VI) occurs; or carry the products associated with these activities, or store such products in these areas. - (j) Housekeeping. - (1) General. The employer shall ensure that: - (i) All surfaces are maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of chromium (VI). - (ii) All spills and releases of chromium (VI) containing material are cleaned up promptly. - (2) Cleaning methods.

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Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division Division 2 Regulated area means an area, demarcated by the employer, where an employee's exposure to airborne concentrations of chromium (VI) exceeds, or can reasonably be expected to exceed, the PEL. This section means this 1910.1026 chromium (VI) standard. - (c) Permissible exposure limit (PEL). The employer shall ensure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of chromium (VI) in excess of 5 micrograms per cubic meter of air (5 µg/m3), calculated as an 8-hour timeweighted average (TWA). - (d) Exposure determination. - (1) General. Each employer who has a workplace or work operation covered by this section shall determine the 8-hour TWA exposure for each employee exposed to chromium (VI). This determination shall be made in accordance with either paragraph (d)(2) or paragraph (d)(3) of this section. - (2) Scheduled monitoring option. - (i) The employer shall perform initial monitoring to determine the 8-hour TWA exposure for each employee on the basis of a sufficient number of personal breathing zone air samples to accurately characterize full shift exposure on each shift, for each job classification, in each work area. Where an employer does representative sampling instead of sampling all employees in order to meet this requirement, the employer shall sample the employee(s) expected to have the highest chromium (VI) exposures. - (ii) If initial monitoring indicates that employee exposures are below the action level, the employer may discontinue monitoring for those employees whose exposures are represented by such monitoring. - (iii) If monitoring reveals employee exposures to be at or above the action level, the employer shall perform periodic monitoring at least every six months. - (iv) If monitoring reveals employee exposures to be above the PEL, the employer shall perform periodic monitoring at least every three months. - (v) If periodic monitoring indicates that employee exposures are below t…

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Division 2 AO 3-2019 Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division - (i) Within 30 days after initial assignment, unless the employee has received a chromium (VI) related medical examination that meets the requirements of this paragraph within the last twelve months; - (ii) Annually; - (iii) Within 30 days after a PLHCP's written medical opinion recommends an additional examination; - (iv) Whenever an employee shows signs or symptoms of the adverse health effects associated with chromium (VI) exposure; - (v) Within 30 days after exposure during an emergency which results in an uncontrolled release of chromium (VI); or - (vi) At the termination of employment, unless the last examination that satisfied the requirements of paragraph (k) of this section was less than six months prior to the date of termination. - (3) Contents of examination. A medical examination consists of: - (i) A medical and work history, with emphasis on: Past, present, and anticipated future exposure to chromium (VI); any history of respiratory system dysfunction; any history of asthma, dermatitis, skin ulceration, or nasal septum perforation; and smoking status and history; - (ii) A physical examination of the skin and respiratory tract; and - (iii) Any additional tests deemed appropriate by the examining PLHCP. - (4) Information provided to the PLHCP. The employer shall ensure that the examining PLHCP has a copy of this standard, and shall provide the following information: - (i) A description of the affected employee's former, current, and anticipated duties as they relate to the employee's occupational exposure to chromium (VI); - (ii) The employee's former, current, and anticipated levels of occupational exposure to chromium (VI); - (iii) A description of any personal protective equipment used or to be used by the employee, including when and for how long the employee has used that equipment; and - (iv) Information from records of employment-related medical examinations previously provide…

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Division 2 AO 3-2019 Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division - (iii) Where the employer can demonstrate that a process or task does not result in any employee exposure to chromium (VI) above the PEL for 30 or more days per year (12 consecutive months), the requirement to implement engineering and work practice controls to achieve the PEL does not apply to that process or task. - (2) Prohibition of rotation. The employer shall not rotate employees to different jobs to achieve compliance with the PEL. - (g) Respiratory protection. - (1) General. Where respiratory protection is required by this section, the employer must provide each employee an appropriate respirator that complies with the requirements of this paragraph. Respiratory protection is required during: - (i) Periods necessary to install or implement feasible engineering and work practice controls; - (ii) Work operations, such as maintenance and repair activities, for which engineering and work practice controls are not feasible; - (iii) Work operations for which an employer has implemented all feasible engineering and work practice controls and such controls are not sufficient to reduce exposures to or below the PEL; - (iv) Work operations where employees are exposed above the PEL for fewer than 30 days per year, and the employer has elected not to implement engineering and work practice controls to achieve the PEL; or - (v) Emergencies. - (2) Respiratory protection program. Where respirator use is required by this section, the employer shall institute a respiratory protection program in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.134, which covers each employee required to use a respirator. - (h) Protective work clothing and equipment. - (1) Provision and use. Where a hazard is present or is likely to be present from skin or eye contact with chromium (VI), the employer shall provide appropriate personal protective clothing and equipment at no cost to employees, and shall ensure that employees use such clothing a…

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Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division Division 2 - (1) Establishment. The employer shall establish a regulated area wherever an employee's exposure to airborne concentrations of chromium (VI) is, or can reason-ably be expected to be, in excess of the PEL. - (2) Demarcation. The employer shall ensure that regulated areas are demarcated from the rest of the workplace in a manner that adequately establishes and alerts employees of the boundaries of the regulated area. - (3) Access. The employer shall limit access to regulated areas to: - (i) Persons authorized by the employer and required by work duties to be present in the regulated area; - (ii) Any person entering such an area as a designated representative of employees for the purpose of exercising the right to observe monitoring procedures under paragraph (d) of this section; or - (iii) Any person authorized by the Occupational Safety and Health Act or regulations issued under it to be in a regulated area. - (f) Methods of compliance. - (1) Engineering and work practice controls. - (i) Except as permitted in paragraph (f)(1)(ii) and paragraph (f)(1)(iii) of this section, the employer shall use engineering and work practice controls to reduce and maintain employee exposure to chromium (VI) to or below the PEL unless the employer can demonstrate that such controls are not feasible. Wherever feasible engineering and work practice controls are not sufficient to reduce employee exposure to or below the PEL, the employer shall use them to reduce employee exposure to the lowest levels achievable, and shall supplement them by the use of respiratory protection that complies with the requirements of paragraph (g) of this section. - (ii) Where painting of aircraft or large aircraft parts is performed in the aerospace industry, the employer shall use engineering and work practice controls to reduce and maintain employee exposure to chromium (VI) to or below 25 µg/m3 unless the employer can demonstrate that such cont…