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PROTECTING THE WORKER

Learn about the importance of proper respiratory protection for workers, including the need, operating principles, limitations, and establishing effective programs. Explore different types of respirators and their levels of coverage to ensure safety at work.

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PROTECTING THE WORKER

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  1. PROTECTING THE WORKER PROTECTIVE CLOTHING • Need for clothing • Proper sequence • Types of protective garments • Other protective equipment

  2. PROTECTING THE WORKER RESPIRATORY PROTECTION Objective: Provide an overview and the use, maintenance and limitations of respirators

  3. RESPIRATORY PROTECTION • Need for respirators • Operating principles • Use and limitations • Proper fit and fit-testing • Protection factors • Establishing an effective program

  4. Ingestion

  5. Absorption & Contact

  6. Inhalation

  7. Oxygen Deficiency Atmospheric Content • Normal Atmosphere 20.9% • Legal Minimum 19.5%

  8. Identification • Gas • Vapor • Particulate/Fiber

  9. Hazard Control • Air Samples • Reduce Hazards (Engineering and Administrative Controls) • Provide Proper Respiratory Protective Equipment

  10. Types of Respirators • Air-purifying (APR) • Air -supplied (or supplied-air) (SAR) • Self-contained (a type of supplied-air) (SCBA – not SCUBA)

  11. Amount of Coverage Half Mask Full Face piece Hood or Helmet Method of Protection Air Purifying Supplied Air Self-Contained Knowledge of Respirators

  12. Types of Air-Purifying Respirators • Half mask • Full-face mask • Powered-air purifying (PAPR)

  13. Continuous Air-Flow Respirators Continuous air flow during inhalation and exhalation

  14. Protection Factor (PF) concentration outside the mask PF = concentration inside the mask

  15. OSHA Protection Factorsfor Asbestos • Air-Purifying Half Mask 10 • Air-Purifying Full Face 50 • Powered Air-Purifying/ 100 • Supplied Air-Continuous • Supplied Air - Demand 1000 • Supplied Air w/SCBA >1000

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