Under the scheduled monitoring option, do employers have to monitor exposures every time a new job is started (and thus a new work area is created)?

Following initial monitoring, the employer can continue to perform periodic monitoring at the frequency specified in the standard, provided that the task and the workplace conditions in the new work area are substantially similar, in that they are not reasonably expected to result in exposures above those detected during the most recent monitoring. See 29 C.F.R. § 1926.1153(d)(2)(iii), (d)(2)(iv). This applies whether the new work area is on the same or a subsequent jobsite.

October 2018

Tags: OSHA, Exposure Control Methods