Appendix E

Regulations (Standards - 29 CFR)

Interpretation and classification of chest roentgenograms Mandatory - 1910.1001 App E
Regulations (Standards - 29 CFR) - Table of Contents

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1910
Occupational Safety and Health Standards
Z
Toxic and Hazardous Substances
1910.1001 App E
Interpretation and classification of chest roentgenograms Mandatory

(a) Chest roentgenograms shall be interpreted and classified in accordance with a
professionally accepted Classification system and recorded on an interpretation form
following the format of the CDC/NIOSH (M) 2.8 form. As a minimum, the content within
the bold lines of this form (items 1 though 4) shall be included. This form is not to be
submitted to NIOSH.
(b) Roentgenograms shall be interpreted and classified only by a B-reader, a board
eligible/certified radiologist, or an experienced physician with known expertise in
pneumoconioses.
(c) All interpreters, whenever interpreting chest roentgenograms made under this section,
shall have immediately available for reference a complete set of the ILO-U/C International
Classification of Radiographs for Pneumoconioses, 1980.