Lloyd B. Andrew III, CIH, CSP, is president of EnvirOSH Service, Inc.®, an environmental, occupational safety and health consulting firm. He designs and delivers Train-the-Trainer courses and can be reached at lloyd.andrew@envirosh.com, (281) 290-8309 or www.envirosh.com.
In these days of lean staffing for construction projects, there are often too few safety managers to go around. Safety managers frequently must utilize other personnel — typically site safety coordinators/supervisors — to conduct required safety training.
OK, so you realize that respiratory protection is needed for a given job, but how do you know which respirator is correct? The following criteria will help when it comes to selecting the proper protection.