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Exposure Control Plan-Employee Exposure Determination

 

  1. As part of the exposure determination section of our ECP, the following is a list of all job classifications at our establishment in which all employees have occupational exposure:

  2. JOB TITLE DEPARTMENT/LOCATION
    ________________________ ________________________
    ________________________ ________________________
     
  1. The following is a list of job classifications in which some employees at our establishment have occupational exposure.  Included is a list of tasks and procedures, or groups of closely related tasks and procedures, in which occupational exposure may occur for these individuals:

    JOB TITLE DEPARTMENT/LOCATION TASK/PROCEDURE
    ____________ ________________________ _______________
    ____________ ________________________ _______________

    All exposure determinations were made without regard to the use of PPE.

    Notes to Employer:

    You are not necessarily required to complete both sections A and B; you may complete only the section(s) that apply.  Registered and licensed practical/vocational nurses, home health aides, and personal care providers generally fall into category A.  Examples of category B would include secretarial or housekeeping staff who handle laboratory specimens or contaminated waste (e.g. sharps containers) only when they are brought into the agency office form a client's home, or office staff who are expected to clean contaminated durable medical equipment.  See paragraph (c)(2) of the standard for Exposure Determination.

    "Good Samaritan" acts are unanticipated events that occur when employees who do not have occupational exposure are exposed to blood or OPIM (e.g., assisting a client's child with a nosebleed). These are not included in the scope of the bloodborne pathogens standard. OSHA, however, encourages employers to offer post-exposure evaluation and follow-up in such cases.

    Part-time, temporary, contract and per diem employees are covered by the standard.  How the provisions of the standard will be met for these employees should be described in the ECP.

     

 

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