Section 325.51151. Scope and application.

(1) These rules apply to all occupational exposures to ethylene oxide (EtO), chemical abstracts service registry no. 75-21-8, except that these rules do not apply to the processing, use, and handling of products that contain EtO if objective data are reasonably relied upon  to demonstrate that the product is not capable of releasing EtO in airborne concentrations at or above the action level and that it cannot reasonably be foreseen that the product will release EtO in excess of the short-term exposure limit (STEL) under the expected conditions of processing, use, and handling that will cause the greatest possible release.

(2) An employer who relies on the product exemption of this rule shall maintain records of the objective data supporting that exemption and of the  basis  of  the employer's  reliance  on  the  data, as provided in R 325.51171.

History: 1988 AACS; 1993 AACS.