New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 12 - LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 185 - PITS AND QUARRIES (SAFETY REGULATION NUMBER 12)
Subchapter 31 - DUST CONTROL
Section 12:185-31.6 - Respiratory protective equipment
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Respiratory protective equipment shall not be employed as the principal means of protecting workers against dust except in connection with isolated or infrequent operations.
(b) Respiratory protective equipment may be used in conjunction with other methods of dust control only when the latter cannot be made to develop the required degree of control and cannot be replaced by other effective methods.
(c) All personal respiratory protective devices and equipment shall be of the type approved by the U.S. Bureau of Mines.
(d) The employer shall provide each worker requiring the use of personal respiratory protective equipment with not less than one such device, suitably identified; and the employer shall further provide and employ facilities for the inspection, cleansing, sterilizing and repair of all such respiratory protective equipment as may be required by the standards prescribed by the Bureau in its approval of such respiratory protective devices and equipment. Personal respiratory protective equipment, when not in use, shall be stored in a clean, dustproof container.