Respirators 101

Choosing the best respirator for the job made easy! Find the chemical(s) you're working with from a list of over 700 common workplace chemicals. Save the chemical's exposure limit(s) to your job profile and record the amount of air contamination at your worksite to calculate the level of protection needed. Selecting the best respirator model is easy-- just answer a few Yes/No questions and get a list of acceptable respirator options. Learn about the different types of respirators, how to fit test and user seal check a respirator, and how to care for your respirator. Download this app and make protecting yourself from respiratory hazards do-able!

Features:
- My Info: Keep track of job details (i.e. date, chemicals, workplace air contaminants, and applicable respirator options).
- Respirator Selection Tool: Find the right respirator model(s) for your job by answering a few Yes/No questions.
- Chemical Lookup: Search over 700 chemicals by name, CAS number, or RTECS number and save details to your job.
- Calc Tool: Calculate a TWA, HR, MUC, or Multi-Component MUC.
- All About Respirators: Learn about respirator models, fit testing, respirator care, and user seal checking.
- OSHA's standard on respirators formatted for easy-access.
- Extensive acronym and common-term glossaries.
- Further resources for small businesses, cartridge change schedules, and how to contact OSHA and their compliance assistance specialists.

The Respirator Selection Tool is based on the NIOSH Respirator Selection Logic (2004). Respirator classes are consistent with respirator certification groupings as specified in the NIOSH Guide to the Selection and Use of Particulate Respirators (Certified under 42 CFR 84).

This mobile application was developed by the IUOE National Training Fund (NTF). The NTF provides curriculum, technical services, and direct training to local union instructors. This enables them to deliver Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER), OSHA Construction and General Industry Outreach, MSHA Miner, and other safety and health courses. NTF train-the-trainer and trainer refresher classes provide instructors with the necessary technical skills and knowledge related to workplace hazards so they can teach classes at their home local union training programs.

The IUOE National Training Fund National HAZMAT Program is supported under National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) federal cooperative agreements and grants. This publication was supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Numbers U45ES006182 and U45ES009763. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.