Selecting the appropriate Respiratory Protection for the Construction Industry

Running Head : SELECTING THE APPROPRIATE RESPIRATORY PROTECTION

FOR THE CONSTCUTION INDUSTRY

Selecting the Appropriate Respiratory Protection for the Construction Industry

Table of Contents

I . Introduction 3

II . Respiratory Protection Respiratory Protection Physical Limitations Air Purifying Respirators

Limitations of Air-Purifying Respirators 6

Respirators Fit Qualitative Fit Testing 7

Quantitative Fit Testing Protection Factors

III . Analysis 8

Interferences to Respiration 9

Respiratory Protection Equipment 10

Selection of Appropriate Respiratory Protection

IV . Result 12

Heat Stress Due to Clothing

V

. Recommendation 13

VI . Conclusion 14

VII . References 15 Selecting the Appropriate Respiratory Protection for the Construction Industry

Introduction

In the United States , construction workers experience on the highest occupational fatality rates as well as rate of injuries and illness resulting in lost work days . Young workers , particularly those under eighteenth years and those with less than two years of experience in the trade are at high risk for injury or death . Training programs in occupational health and safety are seen as an effective means of increasing the awareness of workers and managers alike of work hazards and of methods of preventing injuries and illness . A variety of approaches are being used to develop training programs to address the many health and safety risks encountered on the construction site Programs to prevent falls , musculosketal diss and respiratory diseases , three principal causes of morbidity and mortality among construction workers are described

More than seven million workers (about six percent of the labor force ) are employed in the construction industry . Compared with other...