Alderite, Mark David H.

ME-2A

RULE 1070

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL

1071: General Provisions

This rule establishes threshold limit values for toxic and carcinogenic substances and physical agents,
which may be present in the atmosphere of the work environment. Threshold Limit Values refer to
airborne concentration of substances and represent conditions under which it is believed that nearly all
workers may be repeatedly exposed daily without adverse effect. The Regional Office, on the advice of
the Director, may issue a special rule establishing thresh- hold limit values for toxic substances not found
in the table and such rule shall remain in effect until a permanent standard is issued by the Secretary.
The Secretary shall periodically review or update the Standards on threshold limit values, permissible
noise exposure levels, illumination levels, human carcinogens, temperature and humidity and other
technical standards upon recommendation of a technical committee in the Bureau of Working
Conditions. The member of the technical committee shall either be a physician, engineer, chemist or
nurse who has completed at least an occupational health/ occupational safety and health-training
course required by this Standards, and who has been an occupational health/occupational safety and
health practitioner for not less than three (3) years. Other members of the technical committee shall be
drawn from the labor and employers’ sectors. The technical committee shall be convened by the
Director of the Bureau of Working Conditions as the need for review of the abovementioned technical
standards arises. The Standards formulated by the technical committee shall become effective upon
announcement by the Secretary of Labor and Employment.

1072: Threshold Limit Values for Airborne Contaminants

1072.01:

Threshold limit values refer to time weighted concentrations for an 8-hour workday and a total of forty
eight (48) hours work of exposure per week.

1072.02:

All employees exposure to any material specified in Table 8 and Table 8a of this Rule shall be limited.

1072.03:

To achieve compliance with Rule 1072, administrative or engineering controls must first be determined
and implemented whenever feasible. When such controls are not feasible to achieve full compliance,
protective equipment or other appropriate measures shall be used to keep the exposure of employees
to air contaminants within the limit prescribed.
1073: Threshold Limit Values for Airborne Contaminants (Tables)

Table 8 : Threshold limit values for airborne contaminants

Table 8a: Mineral dust

Table 8d: Human Carcinogens: Recognized to have carcinogenic potentials

1074: Physical Agents

1074.01: Threshold Limit Values for Noise

The threshold limit values refer to sound pressure that represents conditions under which it is believed
that nearly all workers may be repeatedly exposed without adverse effect on their ability to hear and
understand normal speech.

1075: Illumination

1075.01: General Provisions

All places where persons work or pass or may have to work or pass in emergencies, shall be provided
during time of use with adequate natural lighting or artificial lighting or both, suitable for the operation
and the special type of work performed.

1076: General Ventilation

1076.01: Atmospheric Conditions

Suitable atmospheric conditions shall be maintained in workrooms by natural or artificial means to avoid
insufficient air supply, stagnant or vitiated air, harmful drafts, excessive heat or cold, sudden variations
in temperature, and where practicable, excessive humidity or dryness and objectionable odors.

1077: Working Environment Measurement

1077.01: General Provisions

(1) The employer shall exert efforts to maintain and control the working environment in comfortable
and healthy conditions for the purpose of promoting and maintaining the health of his workers.

1077.02: Definitions

Working environment measurement shall mean sampling and analysis carried out in respect of the
atmospheric working environment and other fundamental elements of working environment for the
purpose of determining actual conditions therein.