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CALIFORNIA OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS BOARD
TITLE 8 , DIVISION 1 , CHAPTER 4
handling of wastes , dusts , residues , debris , or other materials created during the abovelisted tasks .
EXCEPTION : Geologic field research is not considered a high-exposure trigger task when employees work in the field with natural stone for less than 30 days in a 12-month period and use respiratory protection in accordance with Section 5144 during such work .
( 10 ) “ Objective Data ” means information , such as air monitoring data from industry-wide surveys or calculations based on the composition of a substance , demonstrating employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica associated with a particular product or material or a specific process , task , or activity . The data must reflect workplace conditions closely resembling or with a higher exposure potential than the processes , types of material , control methods , work practices , and environmental conditions in the employer ' s current operations .
( 11 ) “ Physician or Other Licensed Health Care Professional ( PLHCP )” means an individual whose legally permitted scope of practice ( i . e ., license , registration , or certification ) allows him or her them to independently provide or be delegated the responsibility to provide some or all of the particular health care services required by subsection ( ji ).
( 12 ) “ Regulated Area ” means an area , demarcated by the employer , where an employee ' s exposure to airborne concentrations of respirable crystalline silica exceeds , or can reasonably be expected to exceed , the permissible exposure limit ( PEL ) as described in subsection ( c ).
( 13 ) “ Respirable Crystalline Silica ” means quartz , cristobalite , and / or tridymite contained in airborne particles that are determined to be respirable by a sampling device designed to meet the characteristics for respirable-particle-size-selective samplers specified in the International Organization for Standardization ( ISO ) 7708:1995 : Air Quality - Particle Size Fraction Definitions for Health-Related Sampling .
( 14 ) “ Specialist ” means an American Board Certified Specialist in Pulmonary Disease or an American Board Certified Specialist in Occupational Medicine .
( 15 ) “ Suspected Silicosis ” means any one of the following :
( A ) An employee with respirable crystalline silica exposure who has one or more of the following symptoms for 14 or more days unless the symptom is explained by another illness : cough , difficulty breathing , fatigue , shortness of breath , chest pain , weakness , fever , or unexplained weight loss ; or
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