BOC – helping to keep the air that you breathe clean
Under EU Law employers must provide appropriate protection to employees at risk of respiratory hazards in the workplace. BOC offers a wide range of masks, facial shields, air respirators, headtops and accessories from well known brands such as 3M and NORTH to ensure that your workforce is protected from potentially harmful respiratory hazards.
Following these rules will help you make the right choice:
1. Risk -identify the hazards - Is is dust, metal fumes, gas or vapours?
2. Concentration - Assess the concentration of the contamination
3. Workplace exposure - Measure likely exposure levels
4. Product selection - Disposable, half mask, full face, powered or airline
5. Training - Correct fitting, use, maintenance and storage - to optimise respiratory protection performance
Respiratory Hazards
- Dusts - Produced when solid materials are broken down into finer particle
- Mists - Tiny liquid droplets, formed by condensation or as the result of processes such as spraying
- Metal Fumes - Fine, airborne particles from metal that condense after vaporisation at high temperatures
- Gases - Often colourless and invisible, airborne at room temperature. Can spread freely and quickly through the air
- Vapours - Gases formed when solids or liquids evaporate at room temperature
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