Millions of workers are required to wear respirators in various workplaces throughout the United States.
Respirators protect workers against insufficient oxygen environments, harmful dusts, fogs, smokes, mists, gases, vapours, and sprays.
These hazards may cause cancer, lung impairment, diseases, or death.
Organisations must comply with the OSHA Respiratory Protection Standard, which helps avoid fatalities and thousands of illnesses annually.How does a Respirator work?Respirators work by either filtering particles from the air, chemically cleaning (purifying) the air, or supplying clean air from an outside source.
Particulate respirators are the simplest and least expensive of the respirator types available.
These respirators only protect against particles (e.g., dust).Respiratory Protection Training VideosOSHA recently produced a training video for health care employers and employees that explains proper respirator use and procedures to assure that workers are protected from airborne hazards in healthcare settings.The fundamentals of safety retraining by OSHAStudio52’s safety training library has nearly every workplace safety training topic available on the market today.
