Well that's depressing. I was informed that a fit tester is not allowed to test someone without certification. So until I see otherwise in some letter of interpretation or hear it from someone who is still in what's left of OSHA, I'll demur. Monona
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I am a former OSHA Industrial Hygienist CO. I will tell you to have them fit tested. The spirometer can be validated later in view of the currently. Crisis. The most important thing for now is that they are properly fit tested (passed)
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All of our employees who are required to use respirators have had physicals (including spirometry) to ensure that they are physically able to use an Air Purifying Respirator (APR) and SCBA. Once they pass the physical, they are fit tested
and trained on the proper use and care of the respiratory equipment.
We scheduled appoints with our occupational safety and health provider and were told that they are not allowed to conduct spirometry evaluations at this time due to COVID restrictions.
Have any members of the group experienced this and if so, how were they able to certify employees for respirator use in the absence of spirometry?
BTW, we are located in Massachusetts.
Joe
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Hi Margaret
We did some testing here at the university some years ago with lab coats and t-butyl lithium following the referenced tragedy.
The most striking comparison was a 65-35 polyester /cotton blend which gave a very energetic flame spread vs
100% cotton, Nomex, or other treated fabrics.
I would certainly want to stay away from synthetic fabric masks for lab use.
Ken
Ken Kretchman, CIH, CSP Director, Environmental Health
and Safety
NC State University / Box 8007 / 2620 Wolf Village Way / Raleigh North Carolina 27695-8007
If you are working with phosphoric you need serious fire resistant PPE. Also limited amount of flammable material in hood area as well as in the cabinet under the hood.
For those organic synthesis research labs, is your EHS department recommending fire-resistant face masks? Or 100% cotton?
Many thanks
Margaret
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