Belte r r a Cor p or at ion S afety M an ual D oc I D C H S M BE L 2 0 1 7 Pa g e 2 34 of 53 8 Me dica l aid An y e x pose d wor ke rs a re to be t ra ns porte d im media tel y to t h e ne a r e st hos pit a l for e va luation RE SP I RATO RY PROTE CT ION PR OGR A M Doc u m e n t Identif icat ion S E L 033 P age Nu m b e r 1 of 1 4 Doc u m e n t C r e ation Dat e Ma y 2 2015 Im p le m e n tat ion Dat e J une 30 2015 10 INTRODUC T ION 11 P U R P OS E The purp ose of this R e sp ira tor y P rote c ti on P ro g ra m i s to establis h the pr oc e dure s a nd r e quire ments ne c e ssa r y t o e nsure that a ll a ff e c ted indi viduals a re e f fe c ti ve l y prote c ted a ga inst a irbor ne c ontaminants that ma y b e pre se nt i n the w o rkpla c e or a t custom e r sites All ac ti vit ies invol ving the use of r e spira tor y p rote c ti ve e quipm e nt shall be c onduc ted in c ompl ianc e with t he re quire ments of the C AN C S A Z 944 11 S e lec ti on use a nd c a r e of r e spira tors 20 P OL ICY I t i s the polic y of B e lt e rr a C orpor a ti on to m a int a in wor k e nvironmen ts t ha t not will a dve rse l y a ff e c t the he a lt h sa fe t y a nd we ll b e ing of B e lt e rr a e mpl o y e e s This doc ument f oc use s on t he im pleme ntation of the Re spira tor y P rote c ti o n P rog r a m for e mpl o y e e s c ont ra c tors a nd vis it ors w ho mi g ht pot e nti a ll y b e e x pose d to conta mi na ted a ir W he re possi ble ha z a rds will be re duc e d o r e li mi na ted thr ou g h e n g ine e rin g c ontrols i nc ludi ng Elim ination subst i tut ion g e n e ra l o r loc a l ventil a ti on a nd iso lation R e spira tor y p rote c ti on is use d for c ontrol o f ha z a r ds onl y a ft e r a ll f e a sibl e e ng in e e rin g a nd a dmi nist ra ti ve c ontrols have be e n a ppli e d or whil e e n g inee ring c ontrols ar e be in g im pleme nted 30 DEF INITI ON