2010 Respirator Selection Guide
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3M Occupational Health and Environmental Safety Division 2010 Respirator Selection Guide Helping Protectat Work, at Home, Peoplefor Life Table of Contents Respirator Selection Criteria ................................................................................1 • Respirator Program Management • Respirator Fit • Protection Factors • Effects from Skin or Eye Contact • Worker Activity • Location of Hazardous Areas • Respirator Characteristics, Capabilities, and Limitations • General Use Instructions • General Use Limitations Format Explanation ................................................................................................4 • Chemical Name • IDLH Level • Odor Threshold • OEL • Synonyms • Respirator Recommendations • Comments Respirator Filter Definitions ..................................................................................9 • 3M 42 CFR 84 Filters –N-Series Filters –R-Series Filters –P-Series Filters How to Use This Guide ........................................................................................11 Chemical Compound Guide ................................................................................15 Respirator Codes and Descriptions ....................................... inside back cover © 3M 2010. 1 Respirator Selection Criteria The 3M™ Respirator Selection Guide respirators, or the use of this guide, contact reusable respirator, the wearer must obtain a includes a list of chemicals for which your local 3M OH&ESD representative or satisfactory fit as indicated by a qualitative 3M respirators can be recommended. This call our 3M OH&ESD Technical Service or quantitative fit test. Worker comfort information can be used to supplement Line at 1-800-243-4630. must also be considered. Removal of the general industrial hygiene knowledge. Respirator Program Management respirator, even for short periods of time, Once workplace contaminants and their dramatically reduces the protection afforded Where respirators are in use in the concentrations have been identified, by the respirator. workplace, a formal respiratory protection the guide can be used to help select an program must be established covering the Protection Factors appropriate 3M™ Respirator for nearly basic requirements outlined in the OSHA The respirator selected must have an 700 chemicals with Threshold Limit Values Respiratory Protection Standard (29 CFR assigned protection factor adequate for (TLVs®) or other recommended exposure 1910.134). Education and training must the particular workplace exposure. Divide limits. Because actual conditions vary from be properly emphasized and conducted the air contaminant concentration by one worksite to another, this information periodically. Maintenance, cleaning, and the occupational exposure limit (OEL) is intended only as a guide. Selection of the storage programs must be established and to obtain a hazard ratio. Then select a most appropriate respirator will depend routinely followed for reusable respirators. respirator with an assigned protection factor on the particular situation and should be greater than or equal to that hazard ratio. made only by a person familiar with the Respirator Fit working conditions and with the benefits The OSHA Respiratory Protection Hazard Ratio and limitations of respiratory protection Standard (29 CFR 1910.134) requires Airborne Contaminant Concentration fit testing for all tight-fitting respirators. products. If you have any questions = OEL related to proper selection and use of 3M Whether you select a maintenance-free or a Assigned protection factors* currently Pressure Demand Airline with Escape respirator selected must be compatible with recommended by 3M are as follows: SCBA .......................................... 10,000, hard hats, goggles, glasses, welding hoods, unknown and IDLH atmospheres faceshields, etc. In addition, the worker Air Purifying Respirators Pressure Demand SCBA ............. 10,000, must be able to communicate and perform • Half facepiece (maintenance-free and unknown and IDLH atmospheres required job duties without removing dual cartridge) ................................... 10 the respirator. If strenuous work is to be • Full facepiece .................................... 50 Effects From Skin or Eye Contact performed, or if the respirator is to be worn Powered Air Purifying Respirators If a chemical can be absorbed through for an extended period of time, it may be • Loose-fitting facepiece (e.g., L-501, the skin, skin protection may be required desirable to select a lightweight respirator Airstream™) ....................................... 25 in addition to respiratory protection. with low breathing resistance. If a respirator • Half facepiece ................................... 50 Eye protection may also be necessary if does not have good worker acceptance and • Full facepiece, helmet, or hood ..... 1000 not provided by the respirator. Failure to does not stay on the worker’s face, it will not Supplied Air Respirators (airline) provide adequate skin or eye protection can provide the protection needed. • Continuous Flow invalidate established exposure limits and –Loose-fitting facepiece make respirator use ineffective for protection Location Of Hazardous Area (e.g., L-501) ................................... 25 against certain workplace contaminants. When specifying supplied air respirators, –Half facepiece ............................... 50 Human Factors consider the distance the worker must travel –Full facepiece, helmet,or hood .. 1000 to get to an uncontaminated work area, Consider the entire package of safety • Pressure Demand with Full facepiece 1000 as well as obstacles or equipment present equipment required for the job. The * Assigned protection factors may vary for specific standards as pro mul gat ed by OSHA (e.g., continuous flow supplied air respirators are assigned a protection factor of 100 in the OSHA Asbestos Standards, 29 CFR 1910.1001 and 29 CFR 1926.1101). Where assigned protection factors in local, state, or federal standards are lower than those listed here, they should be used instead. For additional limitations of 3M respiratory protection products, refer to 3M respirator packaging and use instructions and limitations. Respirator Selection Cri te ria 2 3 in the area. If ladders or scaffolds must be entering the wearer’s breathing zone. • Many of the contaminants that can be climbed, an air purifying respirator or a Respirators help protect against certain dangerous to a person’s health include the combination air purifying/airline respirator airborne contaminants by reducing ones that are so small they cannot be seen may be appropriate. airborne contaminant concentrations or smelled at dangerous levels. in the breathing zone to below the TLV Respirator Characteristics, or other recommended exposure level. • Before use of any respirator, the wearer Capabilities, and Limitations Misuse of respirators may result in must first be trained by the employer in A respirator may not be able to help protect overexposure to the contaminant proper respirator use in accordance with For this against all of the contaminants present in and cause sickness or death. applicable safety and health standards. reason, proper respirator selection, a particular work environment. Specific training, use, and maintenance are • The OSHA Respiratory Protection limitations are stated on the approval labels mandatory in order for the wearer to be Standard [29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1)] requires and are included with use instructions properly protected. that the wearer of any tight-fitting and limitations. These must be carefully respirator be fit tested. reviewed for each respirator before use. Use these respirators only for those General precautionary information is given specific chemical compounds for • Leave the contaminated area immediately which they have been approved below. Refer to respirator packaging or if dizziness or other distress occurs, if the or recommended. operating manuals for specific information. respirator becomes damaged or breathing General Use Instructions becomes difficult, if contaminants can be • Failure to follow all instructions and smelled or tasted, or if irritation occurs. limitations on the use of these respirators and/ General Use Limitations WARNING or failure to wear them during all times of • These respirators do not supply oxygen. exposure can reduce respirator effectiveness No respirator is capable of preventing and may result in sickness or death. • Do not use when concentrations of all airborne contaminants from contaminants are immediately dangerous to life or health, when concentrations are sickness or death. Misuse of a Institute for Occupational Safety and unknown, or in atmospheres containing respirator may result in sickness or Health (NIOSH) (DHHS [NIOSH] less than 19.5% oxygen, unless using an death. For proper use, see a supervisor, Publication No. 90-117). It specifically SCBA or combination airline/SCBA. refer to the respirator package, or call refers to the acute respiratory exposure 3M OH&ESD Technical Service at that poses an immediate threat of loss • Do not abuse or misuse any respirator. 1-800-243-4630. of life, immediate or delayed irreversible • Do not use tight-fitting respirators or Format Explanation adverse effects on health, or acute eye loose-fitting facepieces with beards or exposure that would prevent escape from a other facial hair or conditions that prevent Chemical Name hazardous atmosphere. The reasons NIOSH direct contact between the face and the Chemical