Another worker dies when he hooked his SAR into a Nitrogen Supply

19100134 E01  General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to

determine the employee’s abilityto use a respirator, before the

employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace.

The employer may discontinue an employee’s medical evaluations

when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.

19100134 F02  The employer shall ensure that an employee using a tight-fitting

facepiece respirator is fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator,

whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model or make)

is used, and at least annually thereafter.

19100134 I05 IV Have a tag containing the most recent change date and the

signature of the person authorized by the employer to perform the change.

The tag shall be maintained at the compressor.

19100134 I07 For oil-lubricated compressors, the employer shall use a

high-temperature or carbon monoxide alarm, or both, to monitor carbon

monoxide levels. If only high-temperature alarms are used, the air supply

shall be monitored at intervals sufficient to prevent carbon monoxide in

the breathing air from exceeding 10 ppm.

19100134 I08  The employer shall ensure that breathing air couplings are

incompatible with outlets for nonrespirable worksite air or other gas systems.

No asphyxiating substance shall be introduced into breathing air lines.

19100134 K  Training and information. This paragraph requires the employer to

provide effective training to employees who are required to use respirators.

The training must be comprehensive, understandable, and recur annually, and

more often if necessary. This paragraph also requires the employer to provide the

basic information on respirators in Appendix D of this section to employees who

wear respirators when not required by this section or by the employer to do so.