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Occupational Exposure to Vinyl Chloride (Chloroethene) CAS# 75014

29CFR 1910.1017 Summary of Requirements

Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) = 1 part per million (ppm) 8-hour Time-weighted Average (TWA), 5 ppm for a 15-minute average

Action Level = 0.5 ppm 8-hour TWA

Requirement	> TWA	³ Action Level but < TWA	< Action Level
Initial Monitoring	Yes	Yes	In any establishment where used
Monthly Monitoring	Yes	No	No
Quarterly Monitoring	--	Yes¹	No
Observation of Monitoring	Opportunity must be provided	Opportunity must be provided	Opportunity must be provided
Regulated Work Area	Yes²	No	No
Engineering, Work Practice or PPE Controls	Yes³	No	No
Respirators used to supplement other controls	Yes	No	No
Written Control Program	Yes	No	No
Written Respiratory Protection Program	Yes	No⁴	No⁴
Respirator and Protective garments for Hazardous Ops or Emergencies	Yes	No⁵	No⁵
Frequency required for changing protective garments	Clean and Dry for each use	Clean and Dry for each use	Clean and Dry for each use
Training on Hazards and Safe Use	Initially and annually	Initially and annually	Initially and annually
Medical Surveillance	Yes	Yes	No⁶
Signs and Labels for Regulated Areas, Haz. Ops. or Emergencies	Yes	No	No
PVC, VC and PVC Waste Labeled	Yes⁷	Yes⁷	Yes⁷
Records Retention- Monitoring	Not less than 30 years	Not less than 30 years	Not less than 30 years
Records Retention- Medical monitoring	Longer of employment + 20 years or, 30 years	Longer of employment + 20 years or, 30 years	Consult your legal counsel if this group is monitored
Transfer of Records⁸	Yes	Yes	Yes

Quarterly monitoring can be discontinued when at least two consecutive monitoring determinations, made not less than 5 working days apart show exposure less than or equal to the Action Level.
Within one month of establishment of a Regulated work are, the Area Director should be notified of: a) the address and location of each establishment with one or more regulated work areas, and b) the number of employees in each regulated work area during normal operations including maintenance.
Required when airborne monitoring indicates exposure at or above the PEL.
A written Respiratory Protection Program is not required for exposures below the PEL unless there is voluntary or required use of tight fitting respirators. If filtering face pieces selected for nuisance levels of organic vapors are provided for voluntary use, information should be provided for those employees from Appendix D of 1910.134.
Skin protection is required to prevent contact with liquid Vinyl Chloride, regardless of the airborne concentration.
Baseline medical evaluations are not required for Vinyl Chloride exposures below the Action Level. It may be prudent to obtain baseline medical information as a matter of good safety and health practice. Your company physician should be consulted for guidance on this matter.
The warning sign requirements are slightly different for PVC, VC or PVC waste so the specific section of the standard [1910.1017 (l)] should be consulted for specific requirements.
If there is no business successor, applicable records should be transferred to the Area Director by registered mail and employees should be notified of the transfer in writing. If there is a business successor, records should be transferred according to requirements established in 1910.1020.

The information provided in this document is believed to be accurate and is provided for guidance on requirements for working with Vinyl Chloride. Your local OSHA office should be consulted for interpretations of this or any OSHA standard.