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Air testing equipment to reduce liabilityYou will find air testing equipment will reduce your liability in your manufacturing organization.More importantly, it will increase the safety of your home or business.Cities and other governments are taking action to create laws and enforce them to ensure contractors properly care for possible air contaminants, with CO topping the list.These rules reflect a growing concern among utilities and lawmakers. Carbon monoxide is an odorless, tasteless, invisible, yet potentially deadly gas that's produced wherever there's incomplete combustion. Since combustion is never 100% efficient, any combustion appliance can pose a threat. Low-level carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning often goes unrecognized, since its symptoms resemble those of flu and colds.
A company must have air testing equipment set up properly by a trained individual and to be regularly tested by a qualified person.Usually you can contract these services so that you don't have to maintain the training or equipment.This allows you to focus on what you and your business do best.However, you must make sure that the company you have hired to maintain the equipment does their job so that you are not held liable if something does happen. One of the best places to look for air testing equipment requirements is in the OSHA website or to contact them directly.They are very experienced in the requirements for your industry and will be inspecting when needed.You will find them to be very helpful in helping you maintain safety standards. Confined areas will need special attention to the air quality. Often these areas are also the worst ventilated.For example, the crawl space beneath a building or the space between the roof and the ceiling are perfect places to find air hazards.In older buildings you will often find these areas contaminated with asbestos. If you are unable to maintain the air quality at the proper level, then you will be required to provide the proper respirator apparatus.Respirators are devices that protect workers from inhaling harmful substances. These substances can be in the form of airborne vapors, gases, dust, fogs, fumes, mists, smokes, or sprays. Some respirators also ensure that workers do not breathe air that contains dangerously low levels of oxygen. |
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