respirators

do you use respirators

  • yes,all the time

    Votes: 12 13.8%

  • yes,sometimes

    Votes: 24 27.6%

  • every now and then

    Votes: 24 27.6%

  • never(hard core)

    Votes: 27 31.0%
  • Total voters
    87
How about no fog eyewear goggles? Havent found any that dont fog and continuously getting sh burning my eyes. ANY GOOD NON FOG OUT THERE?
 
Back in August I developed pheumonia from cleaning a vinyl sided house that was covered with mold...........here we are in April and I now have pheumonia again. This time I think it was from cleaning the inside of an old Waffle House that had closed and completely gutted. The owners wanted to clean it and try to get the smell out of the building... Russ You stopped by this job to see me that day........I am now sitting her trying to breathe. You can bet your a$$ I will be wearing one everytime I do this type cleaning.
There is no doubt this is how I developed pheumonia so do yourselfs a favor and protect yourself as well.
 
hope you get better soon......best wishes and good luck
 
Re:Respirators

I use them all the time. Trouble is that you need to have a OSHA approved plan in place that conforms to OSHA 29 CFR 1910.134 (among all the other OSHA regulations in both 1910 and 1926 and 40 CFR) you need fit testing and employee medical monitoring. You can't legally hand someone a half face dual cartridge respirator without any training or fit-testing. YOU become liable for their health in some cases FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
(Remember 9/11 and the World Trade Center??? Cleaning contractors had all sorts of regulations to follow)

If the work is using anything or releasing anything that has a toxicity rating or a health hazard rating, you will need to have an approved plan of how to provide PPE (personal protective equipment) and training your technicians in how to keep safe and get the job done. Sounds complicated, but it can be done, some of the training can even be done online during off-hours.

This could be in addition to doing things like cleaning a permit entry confined space containing any type of toxic or hazardous material.

The initial set up is a killer, but having an approved program in place can put you in a "whole different league" when it comes to bidding on and getting new contracts.

Hope I haven't gotten too "wordy", but I am exposed to this crap daily and don't want to see anyone have their life or business suffer because they didn't know or care.

Rich
 
I use a spray for scuba diving. It will last a night if you dont have to clean the water spots off. if so reapply. Any dive shop will stock it. I think its called "nospit" not sure its a small bottle. but now i feel like i got a good lung burn. after work today.
 
I have yet to find a clorine cannister at lowes or HD. Thanks Russ for you bringing this up It is important.
 
I just went to the safety supply shop and told them what I needed and got the respirator with particulate filter and chlorine filter, all for about $25.00 and extra filters were about $10.00 for each set.
 
I started using mine for flatwork and I am now starting to breathe ALOT better. Have Been cleaning dumpster pads for 2 days and finished atabout 5AM. but last time i didem the chems took the best of my lungs.
 
Spraying your chems upwind is a :nono:
 
Christopher said:
I have never found any brand of goggles that do not fog, I wish I knew of some. I just wear tinted safety glasses and they work most of the time to keep the stuff out of your eyes.

Good Luck.
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So you have a collection? I know I do.
 
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