Selecting the proper respiratory and hand protection for various industrial
chemicals used to be a cumbersome task. According to OSHA regulation 29§1910.138
for Hand Protection, employees are responsible for proper glove selection.
Under the revised OSHA 29 CFR§1910.134 for Respiratory Protection, employers
are not only responsible for determining the proper type of respirator
to be used, but also responsible for determining the useful service life
of the chemical cartridges that may be used. Thanks to the new ezGuide™
CD-ROM from North Safety Products, complying with these regulations can
be easier than you think. Now, with ezGuide, you can not only determine
the appropriate types of respiratory and hand protection needed, you can
determine useful service life of cartridges, and breakthrough times and
permeation rates for gloves.
How it works ...
Simply select the contaminant and concentration and the program will chose
a respirator or glove. If an air purifying respirator with chemical cartridges
is needed, enter the site specific details and you will get an estimate
of the useful service time for the cartridge. This customized information
can be documented in a printed report for your records. Additional screens
will give you the features and benefits for each respirator or glove,
along with ordering information. It's as "ez" as that.
The main menu is the starting point for accessing any of the three program modules. However, once you make your selection, ezGuide links all the modules and
with just one click, you can move effortlessly from
respirators to gloves to service life estimation.
By allowing you to customize the parameters of your workplace, either from pull-down selections available
on-screen or by simply inputting site specific variables of your own, ezGuide gives you the flexibility to test "what if" scenarios, should your worksite conditions change. Even between gloves and respirators, seamlessly.
Then as quickly as you can enter the information into your computer, ezGuide
will return with a list of appropriate glove and respirator products and
an estimation of how long the chosen North cartridge will give your workers
protection. All of which is available in a printed report or can be saved
for future reference.
Go ahead, give it a spin. We're glad you decided to get your hands on
this new tool. We feel it will quickly and dramatically simplify the process
you'll need to go through to be compliant with the new OSHA respiratory
regulation, and selection process for hand protection. Please let us know
if there is anything else we can do for you. Call North Customer Service
for additional product information at 1-800-430-4110 for computer technical
support contact KNEX at 1-877-374-5639.
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