Respiratory Protection Program
The purpose of this program is to ensure the protection of all UW-Green Bay employees from respiratory hazards in the workplace through proper use of respirators. Respirators are to be used only where accepted engineering controls are not feasible to limit exposure to harmful air contaminants, while engineering controls are being installed, or in emergencies.
All UW-Green Bay employees who use a respirator on the job are covered by program. Employees who use respirators on the job are covered whether they are required to use a respiratory, voluntarily use a respirator supplied by UW-Green Bay or voluntarily use a respirator supplied by the employee. Exception: Employees whose only use of respirators involves the voluntary use of filtering facepieces (dust masks) are not covered by this program.