Respirator Selection Guide for the Construction Industry: Helping Construction Companies Understand the Basics of Respirator Selection

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This guide helps construction companies understand the basics of respirator selection. Choosing the right respirator for the job, and the hazard, is a vital part of protecting workers. For construction workers, examples of airborne hazards include contaminants like dust, mold, and chemical solvent vapors. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recommends conducting a hazard assessment to figure out which contaminants could harm employee health. This assessment also identifies important information such as the concentration level of contaminants, exposure potential, and other factors that need to be considered when selecting a respirator. Once the hazard assessment is completed, employers should follow the hierarchy of controls to reduce, or even eliminate, the exposure to the hazard. Engineering and administrative controls should be in place before personal protective equipment (PPE), such as respirators, are considered. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Construction Industry Dust Occupational Health Particulate Matter Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety
• Keywords:
  Respirators; Hierarchy of controls; Personal protective equipment; PPE; Respiratory protective equipment; Respirator selection; Construction industry; Airborne particulates; Dust exposure
• Source:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2022-123, 2022 Sep; :1-3
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2022123
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  NPPTL - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  3 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066003
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/121129/cdc_121129_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.63 MB ]