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The program specifies respirator selection and issuance, routine and emergency use procedures, medical evaluation and fit-testing, and maintenance practices such as cleaning, storage, inspection, repair, or disposal. It also covers air quality for air-supplied respirators, employee training on hazards and proper respirator use, and evaluation of program effectiveness based on workplace-specific conditions.","Written Respiratory Protection Program\nTemplate & Guide\n\u000fIntroduction\nRespirators are used to protect employees from inhaling hazardous chemicals in the air. These chemicals can be in the form of gases, vapors, mists or dust.  If you provide respirators to your employees to protect them from airborne chemical hazards, you must have a written respiratory protection program.  The written program must spell out how you do the following at your workplace:\nHow the proper respirators for the particular hazards are selected and issued (include a list of respirators used),\nWhen and how respirators will be used in routine work activities, infrequent activities, and foreseeable emergencies such as spill response, rescue or escape situations,\nHow medical evaluations of respirator wearers is provided,\nHow respirator fit-testing is done,\nHow respirators in use are cleaned, stored, inspected and repaired or discarded,\nHow sufficient high purity air is provided for air-supplied respirators (if you use them),\nHow employees are trained about respiratory hazards at your workplace,\nHow employees are trained on the proper use of the respirators used at your workplace,\nHow you evaluate the effectiveness of your respiratory program.\nThe answers to the above “how” questions will depend on the unique conditions at your workplace.  The information must be specific and reflect what you actually do or require to be done, not just what seems like the right thing to do. It must describe actual conditions and actions at your workplace.\nTo provide proper protection, respirators must be the right type, must be worn correctly at all times, and must be maintained properly.   They are prone to leakage, depend on the correct behavior of individual employees and may require much maintenance and management oversight. This is why they are considered as a last resort to protect employees from airborne chemical hazards.\nIt often more protective, less trouble, and even cheaper to eliminate or reduce the respiratory hazard through various ways like exhaust ventilation, changes in process, or enclosure of the process.  Sometimes the use of a hazardous chemical itself can be eliminated.  But, when there is no alternative, a respirator program must be implemented to protect your employees from adverse health effects of exposure to chemicals in the air above their permissible exposure limits.\nRespirators are typically used in three different situations – routine or regular exposure to processes or activities involving chemicals, infrequent, but predictable occasions where there is chemical exposure, or emergencies where there is a chemical leak or spill.  The written respiratory program must address all these situations if they occur or could occur at your facilities.\nIf you allow employees to wear respirators (either their own or those you provide), but don’t require their use, see the Rule requirements on \u0013HYPERLINK \"https://lni.wa.gov/safety-health/safety-rules/rules-by-chapter/?chapter=842\"\u0014voluntary use of respirators\u0015.  An editable \u0013HYPERLINK \"https://www.lni.wa.gov/safety-health/_docs/volunresp-prog.doc\"\u0014sample voluntary respirator use program\u0015 is also available.\nThe WISHA Respirators Rule requires that you designate one person as the “program administrator” who is responsible for the whole program. This person should be reasonably knowledgeable about chemical exposure, respirators and their uses and limitations and will need to keep track of respirator fit-testing, use, storage, cleaning and maintenance.  Don’t give this job to an untrained or unmotivated employee.  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