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 39 of 53 8 60 RES P IRA T OR F IT T ING To fit prope rl y a nd pr ovi de prote c ti on r e spira tors that a re de si g n e d to fit the f a c e suc h a s rubbe r ha l f masks must ha ve a n e f fe c ti ve s e a l W orke rs using thi s t y p e of r e spira tor must be c lea n sha ve n in t he a re a whe re the r e spira tor se a ls wit h the fa c e i e no vis ibl e stubb le W orke rs will re c e iv e a fit t e st once a y e a r se e the R e spira to r f it ti ng p roc e dur e s se c ti on 70 WORK E R TRA ININ G Eve r y wor k e r who ma y h a ve to we a r a re spira tor will be tra ined in the pr o pe r use of the re spir a tor B oth the wor ke r a nd his her su pe rvisor will re c e ive this tra ini ng Th e tra ini n g sha ll include De sc riptio n of the t y pe a nd a mount of e x posure De sc riptio n of the r e spira tor The int e nde d use a nd li mi tations of the re spira tor P rope r w e a rin g a djust ment a nd testi ng for fit Doc u m e n t Identif icat ion S E L 033 P age Nu m b e r 6 of 14 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 C lea ning a nd st or a g e met hods I nsp e c ti on a nd mainten a nc e proc e dur e s The tra ini n g will be re p e a ted a s ofte n a s ne c e ssar y a t l e a st annua ll y to en sure that wor k e rs re m a in fa mi li a r w it h the prope r use of the re spi ra tors All tra ini ng r e c ords will be ke pt for re fe r e nc e purp os e s The tra ini n g pro g r a m will be e va luate d a nnua ll y to dete rmine that it c onti nue s to b e e ff e c ti ve 80 P RO P E R U S E O F RES P IRA T ORS C orr e c ti ve e y e we a r or ot he r e quipm e nt m ust no t i nter fe r e with t he se a l of the re spira to r No c ove rin g c a n be us e d whic h pa s se s be tw e e n th e re spira to r f a c e pi e c e a n d the w e a r e r s f a c e R e spir a tors will be inspe c ted be fo re a nd a fte r e ve r y use S tra ps v a lves c a rt ridg e s oth e r r e spira tor p a rts a nd ge ne r a l cle a nli ne ss will be c he c k e d S e e the re spira tor inst ruc ti on ma nua l Use r se a l che c ks will be pe rf orme d whe r e a ppli c a ble b y re spir a tor use rs e a c h ti me the y put on t he ir re spira tors Hig h c ont a mi na nt l e ve ls a nd other f a c tors suc h a s hig h humi dit y c a n a f fe c t fil ter s or c a rtr id g e s W or ke rs noti ng a r e sis tanc e to br e a thi ng a smell or t a ste of c he mi c a ls wit hin t he re s pira tor or a n ir rita ti o n sha ll im media tel y lea v e the w ork a re a a nd r e port to the ir supe rvisor Af te r a n in ve sti g a ti on ru les out ot he r re a sons s uc h a s fa il ur e o f ve nti lation s y stems re s pira tor s sha ll be c h e c ke d a nd ne w f il ter s o r c a rtr id g e s inst a ll e d W he n we a rin g r e spira tor s wor ke rs e x pe rie n c in g a n y of the following must lea ve the c ontaminate d a re a Na use a