Wash. Admin. Code § 296-307-14825
The employer must respond to an employee's depressed cholinesterase levels by:
AND
Table 1
Required Responses to an Employee's
Depressed Cholinesterase Levels
When: | Action to be taken: | Methods: |
An employee's RBC or serum cholinesterase levels fall more than twenty percent below the baseline | Evaluate the employee's workplace and work practices to identify and correct potential sources of pesticide exposure | Review: |
* Personal protective equipment (PPE) and its condition | ||
* Employees' PPE usage | ||
* General sanitation and decontamination practices and availability of decontamination facilities required by WAC 296-307-13050 | ||
* Pesticide handling practices | ||
* Pesticide label requirements | ||
An employee's RBC cholinesterase level falls thirty percent or more from the baseline OR An employee's serum cholinesterase level falls forty percent or more from the baseline | Remove the employee from handling and other work exposures to organophosphate and N-methyl-carbamate pesticides such as thinning and harvesting in recently treated areas AND Evaluate the employee's work practices to identify and correct potential sources of pesticide exposure | * When available, provide the employee with other duties that do not include handling and other work exposures to organophosphate and N-methyl-carbamate pesticides |
* Provide medical monitoring and cholinesterase testing as recommended by the LHCP | ||
* Provide salary and benefits as if employee was continuing pesticide application activities | ||
A removed employee's cholinesterase levels return to twenty percent or less below baseline | The employee may return to handling class I and II organophosphate and N-methyl-carbamate pesticides | Continue periodic cholinesterase monitoring |
Wash. Admin. Code § 296-307-14825
Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. 06-01-074, § 296-307-14825, filed 12/20/05, effective 2/1/06; 03-24-105, § 296-307-14825, filed 12/3/03, effective 2/1/04.