"Action Level." Employee exposure to airborne EtO at an 8-hour time-weighted average concentration of 0.5 part EtO per million parts of air (0.5 ppm).
"Authorized Person." Any person specifically authorized by the employer whose duties require the person to enter a regulated area, or any person entering such an area as a designated representative of employees for the purpose of exercising the right to observe monitoring and measuring procedures under subsection (3).
" Chief. " The chief administrative officer of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, P.O. Box 420603, San Francisco, CA 94142.
"Director." The Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or designee.
"Emergency." Any occurrence such as, but not limited to, equipment failure, rupture of containers, or failure of control equipment that is likely to or does result in an unexpected significant release of EtO.
"Employee Exposure." Exposure to airborne EtO without regard to the employee's use of respiratory protective equipment.
"Ethylene Oxide" or "EtO." The three-membered ring compound with the empirical chemical formula, C2H4O, and Chemical Abstracts Service Register No. 75-21-8.
NOTE: Engineering controls are generally infeasible for the following operations: collection of quality assurance sampling from sterilized materials; removal of biological indicators from sterilized materials; loading and unloading of tank cars; changing of ethylene oxide tanks on sterilizers; and vessel cleaning. For these operations, engineering controls are required only where the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Labor or the Chief demonstrate that such controls are feasible.
DANGER
ETHYLENE OXIDE
MAY CAUSE CANCER
MAY DAMAGE FERTILITY OR THE UNBORN CHILD
RESPIRATORY PROTECTION AND PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
MAY BE REQUIRED IN THIS AREA
AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY
DANGER
ETHYLENE OXIDE
CANCER HAZARD AND REPRODUCTIVE HAZARD
AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY
RESPIRATORS AND PROTECTIVE CLOTHING MAY BE
REQUIRED TO BE WORN IN THIS AREA
CONTAINS ETHYLENE OXIDE
CANCER HAZARD AND REPRODUCTIVE HAZARD;
Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 8, § 5220
2. Change without regulatory effect of NOTE filed 2-14-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 7).
3. Amendment of subsection (j)(1)(b)1. filed 8-4-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 32).
4. Amendment of subsections (a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (j), repealer of subsection (n) and relettering of former subsection (o) to subsection (n) filed 1-12-90; operative 2-11-90 (Register 90, No. 5).
5. Change withour regulatory effect amending definition of Chief in subsection (b) filed 3-4-92 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 92, No. 19).
6. Editorial correction of printing error in Appendix A subsection (d)[ii] and NOTE (Register 92, No. 19).
7. Amendment of former subsections (g)(1)-(g)(3)(B) including subsection renumbering and relettering resulting in newly designated subsections (g)(1)-(g)(3), and amendment of appendix A, subsection IV. filed 8-25-98; operative 11-23-98 (Register 98, No. 35).
8. Editorial correction moving NOTE and HISTORIES 1-7 from following Appendix D to preceding Appendix A (Register 99, No. 28).
9. Amendment of subsection (m), repealer of subsections (m)(1)-(4) and amendment of NOTE filed 7-6-99; operative 8-5-99 (Register 99, No. 28).
10. Amendment of subsection (g)(2) filed 7-31-2003; operative 8-30-2003 (Register 2003, No. 31).
11. Amendment of subsection (g)(3)(A) and new subsections (g)(3)(B)-(C) filed 3-6-2007; operative 3-6-2007. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Labor Code section 142.3(a)(3) (Register 2007, No. 10).
12. Amendment of subsection (j) and subsections therein filed 5-6-2013; operative 5-6-2013 pursuant to Labor Code section 142.3(a)(4)(C). Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Labor Code section 142.3(a)(4) (Register 2013, No. 19).
13. Amendment of subsection (j) and subsections therein refiled 11-6-2013; operative 11-6-2013 pursuant to Labor Code section 142.3(a)(4)(C). Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Labor Code section 142.3(a)(4) (Register 2013, No. 45).
14. Repealer of 11-6-2013 order by operation of law 5-6-2014 pursuant to Labor Code 142.3 (Register 2014, No. 19).
15. Amendment of subsection (j) and subsections therein filed 5-5-2014; operative 5-6-2014 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2014, No. 19).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 142.3, 9020, 9030 and 9040, Labor Code. Reference: Sections 142.3, 9004(d), 9009, 9020, 9030, 9031 and 9040, Labor Code.
2. Change without regulatory effect of NOTE filed 2-14-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 7).
3. Amendment of subsection (j)(1)(b)1. filed 8-4-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 32).
4. Amendment of subsections (a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (j), repealer of subsection (n) and relettering of former subsection (o) to subsection (n) filed 1-12-90; operative 2-11-90 (Register 90, No. 5).
5. Change withour regulatory effect amending definition of Chief in subsection (b) filed 3-4-92 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 92, No. 19).
6. Editorial correction of printing error in Appendix A subsection (d)[ii] and Note (Register 92, No. 19).
7. Amendment of former subsections (g)(1)-(g)(3)(B) including subsection renumbering and relettering resulting in newly designated subsections (g)(1)-(g)(3), and amendment of appendix A, subsection IV. filed 8-25-98; operative 11-23-98 (Register 98, No. 35).
8. Editorial correction moving Note and Histories 1-7 from following Appendix D to preceding Appendix A (Register 99, No. 28).
9. Amendment of subsection (m), repealer of subsections (m)(1)-(4) and amendment of Note filed 7-6-99; operative 8-5-99 (Register 99, No. 28).
10. Amendment of subsection (g)(2) filed 7-31-2003; operative 8-30-2003 (Register 2003, No. 31).
11. Amendment of subsection (g)(3)(A) and new subsections (g)(3)(B)-(C) filed 3-6-2007; operative 3-6-2007. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Labor Code section 142.3(a)(3) (Register 2007, No. 10).
12. Amendment of subsection (j) and subsections therein filed 5-6-2013; operative 5-6-2013 pursuant to Labor Code section 142.3(a)(4)(C). Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Labor Code section 142.3(a)(4) (Register 2013, No. 19).
13. Amendment of subsection (j) and subsections therein refiled 11-6-2013; operative 11-6-2013 pursuant to Labor Code section 142.3(a)(4)(C). Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Labor Code section 142.3(a)(4) (Register 2013, No. 45).
14. Repealer of 11-6-2013 order by operation of law 5-6-2014 pursuant to Labor Code 142.3 (Register 2014, No. 19).
15. Amendment of subsection (j) and subsections therein filed 5-5-2014; operative 5/6/2014 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2014, No. 19).