NIOSH Fact Sheet: NIOSH Approval Labels-Key Information to Protect Yourself

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• Personal Author:
  Metzler R ; Szalajda, Jonathan V.
• Description:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) specifies minimum approval requirements for respiratory protective devices in Title 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 84. NIOSH reviews respirator approval applications, which contain technical specifications, drawings, and other related information. NIOSH also inspects, examines and tests the respirators to determine that the applicable requirements are met for individual, completely assembled respirators, as described in §84.30(a). The use of the NIOSH label obligates the applicant to whom it was issued to maintain the quality level of manufactured respirators and assure that the RPD is manufactured to the drawings and specifications upon which the certificate of approval is based, (§84.33[f]). Approval labels contain important information to assist users in understanding the respirator, its protections, cautions and limitations, and approved configuration of components. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Quality Control Respiratory Protective Devices Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-purifying-respirators Equipment-reliability Quality-control Quality-standards Respirators Respiratory-protective-equipment Self-contained-breathing-apparatus Self-contained-self-rescuers Standards
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2011179
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• 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:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038812
• Citation:
  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. 2011-179, 2011 May; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• 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/209973/cdc_209973_DS1.pdf
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