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1. The company shall not permit respirators with tight-fitting face pieces to be worn by employees who have: • Facial hair that comes between the sealing surface of the face piece and the face or that interferes with valve function;or • Any condition that interferes with the face-to-face piece seal or valve function. 2. If an employee wears corrective glasses or goggles or other personal protective equipment, we shall ensure that such equipment is worn in a manner that does not interfere with the seal of the face piece to the face of the user. 3. For all tight-fitting respirators, we shall ensure that employees perform a user seal check each time they put on the respirator. 4. Appropriate surveillance shall be maintained of work area conditions and degree of employee exposure or stress. When there is a change in work area conditions or degree of employee exposure or stress that may affect respirator effectiveness,we shall reevaluate the continued effectiveness of the respirator. 5. Respiratory equipment shall not be passed on from one person to another until it has been cleaned and sanitized. Respirators individually assigned should be marked to indicate to whom it was assigned. This mark shall not affect the respirator performance in any way.The date of issuance should be recorded. 6. When not in use, respirators shall be stored to protect against dust, sunlight, extreme temperatures, excessive moisture, or damaging chemicals. Plastic zip lock bags are suitable for storage. 7. The company shall ensure that employees leave the respirator use area: • To wash their faces and respirator facepieces as necessary to prevent eye or skin irritation associated with respirator use;or • If they detect vapor or gas breakthrough,changes in breathing resistance,or leakage of the facepiece;or • To replace the respirator or the filter,cartridge,or canister elements. 8. If the employee detects vapor or gas breakthrough, changes in breathing resistance, or leakage of the facepiece, we will replace or repair the respirator before allowing the employee to return to the work area. 9. For all IDLH atmospheres,the company shall ensure that: • One employee or,when needed, more than one employee is located outside the IDLH atmosphere; • Visual, voice, or signal line communication is maintained between the employee(s) in the IDLH atmosphere and the employee(s) located outside the IDLH atmosphere; • The employee(s) located outside the IDLH atmosphere are trained and equipped to provide effective emergency rescue; • The Supervisor or designee is notified before the employee(s) located outside the IDLH atmosphere enter the IDLH atmosphere to provide emergency rescue; • The Supervisor or designee authorized to do so by «Company_Name», once notified, provides necessary assistance appropriate to the situation; • Employee(s) located outside the IDLH atmospheres are equipped with pressure demand or other positive pressure SCBAs, or a pressure demand or other positive pressure supplied-air respirator with auxiliary SCBA; and either appropriate retrieval equipment for removing the employee(s) who enter(s) these hazardous atmospheres where retrieval equipment would contribute to the rescue of the employee(s) and would not increase the overall risk resulting from entry;or equivalent means for rescue where retrieval equipment is not required. 69