Following an exposure incident, employers are required to document, at a minimum, the route(s) of exposure, and the circumstances under which the exposure incident occurred. To be useful, the documentation must contain sufficient detail about the incident. There should be information about the following:
- The engineering controls in use at the time and work practices followed;
- Description of the device in use;
- The protective equipment or clothing used at the time of the exposure incident;
- Location of the incident and procedures being performed when the incident occurred; and
- Employee’s training.
- The source individual, unless the employer can establish that identification is infeasible or prohibited by state or local law.
The employer should then evaluate the policies and “failures of controls” at the time of the exposure incident to determine actions that could prevent future incidents.
October 2018
Tags: OSHA, exposure control
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