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2200 N95 Series – Classic 2-Strap

2200N95 – Med/Lg 2201N95 – Small 2207N95 – Low Profile

2300 N95 Series – Classic 2-Strap w/ exhale valve

2300N95 – Med/Lg 2301N95 – Small 2307N95 – Low Profile

2400 & 2500 N95 Series – Relief from nuisance levels of Organic

Vapors (2400) or Acid Gases (2500), classic 2-strap w/ exhale valve

2400N95 – Med/Lg 2500N95 – Med/Lg

2600 N95 Series – Hangable cloth HandyStrap

2600N95 – Med/Lg 2601N95 – Small 2607N95 – Low Profile

2700 N95 Series – Hangable cloth HandyStrap

, w/ Ventex

valve

2700N95 – Med/Lg 2701N95 – Small 2707N95 – Low Profile

2800 N95 Series – Relief from nuisance levels of Organic Vapors,

hangable cloth HandyStrap

, w/ Ventex

valve

2800N95 – Med/Lg 2801N95 – Small

DISPOSABLE

REUSABLE

Filter Disk

7940 – P100

7950 – P100 Plus

Nuisance OV/AG

7960 – P100 Plus

Nuisance OV

Hangable

Adjustable

4200 N95 Series – Classic 2-Strap

4200 N95 – Med/Lg

4201 N95 – Small

4600 N95 Series – Adjustable,

hangable SmartStrap

4600 N95 – Med/Lg

4601 N95 – Small

4800 N95 Series – Relief from

nuisance levels of Organic Vapors,

adjustable, hangable SmartStrap

soft full foam flange

4800 N95 – Med/Lg

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a final rule to help curb various silica-related diseases including silicosis in

America’s workers by limiting their exposure to respirable crystalline silica.

About 2.3 million workers are exposed to respirable crystalline silica in their workplaces, including 2 million construction workers who drill, cut, crush, or

grind silica-containing materials such as concrete and stone, and 300,000 workers in general industry operations such as brick manufacturing,

foundries, and hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking.

Key Provisions Of New Standards With Regard To Respiratory Protection:

• Reduces the permissible exposure limit (PEL) for respirable crystalline silica to 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air, averaged over an 8-hour shift.

• Requires employers to provide respirators when engineering controls cannot adequately limit exposure

Moldex Solution: In most cases, Moldex half mask N95 respirators (disposable or reusable) may be used, in conjunction with the other elements of a

comprehensive compliance program.

Currently only Moldex P100 filter disks can be used as a stand-alone particulate filter with the 7000, 7800 and 9000 Series reusable respirators. 8910 N95 filter disks can be used

as a stand-alone filter with the Moldex 8000 Series respirators fitted with the 8900 Filter Disk Holder.

Please note: Under the construction standard in Table 1, some operations require a respirator with an APF of 25. In such cases, a Moldex 9000 Series full facepiece respirator

fitted with an N95 pre-filter plus gas/vapor cartridge or P100 filter disk, as a minimum, must be used.

IMPORTANT – The OSHA Silica Standards are a minimum. An employer can provide their employees with a respirator even though the standard may not require it. As always, when

the employer provides an employee with a respirator they must comply with 29CFR1910.134, and any other Federal, State or Local regulations, as appropriate. Moldex respirators

MUST NEVER be used for sandblasting or for any associated applications where direct exposure to sandblasting may occur and the employer must refer to the

respective OSHA regulations when sandblasting.

7000 Half Mask

7001 – Small

7002 – Medium

7003 – Large

9000 Full Face

9001 – Small

9002 – Medium

9003 – Large

7800 Silicone

Half Mask

7801 – Small

7802 – Medium

7803 – Large

MOLDEX SOLUTIONS FOR NEW SILICA STANDARDS

SMART STRAP

Simply pull straps

for a custom fit

Break the take

off and toss habit

Summary of content (8 pages)

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MOLDEX SOLUTIONS FOR NEW SILICA STANDARDS The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a final rule to help curb various silica-related diseases including silicosis in America’s workers by limiting their exposure to respirable crystalline silica. About 2.
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FactSheet Workers’ Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica: Final Rule Overview More than 2 million workers gain protections from deadly dust Background What is crystalline silica? Workplace illness takes the lives of thousands of workers each year. Those workers and their families rely on the U.S.
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to implement controls and work practices that reduce workers’ exposure to silica dust. For most activities, that means that employers will have to ensure that silica dust is wetted down or vacuumed up before workers can breathe it in. • Employers are required under the rule to limit access to high exposure areas, provide training, provide respiratory protection when controls are not enough to limit exposure, provide written exposure control plans, and measure exposures in some cases.
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FactSheet OSHA’s Crystalline Silica Rule: Construction OSHA is issuing two standards to protect workers from exposure to respirable crystalline silica—one for construction, and the other for general industry and maritime—in order to allow employers to tailor solutions to the specific conditions in their workplaces. Who is affected by the construction standard? About two million construction workers are exposed to respirable crystalline silica in over 600,000 workplaces.
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• Train workers on work operations that result in silica exposure and ways to limit exposure. • Keep records of workers’ silica exposure and medical exams. What is Table 1? Table 1 matches common construction tasks with dust control methods, so employers know exactly what they need to do to limit worker exposures to silica. The dust control measures listed in the table include methods known to be effective, like using water to keep dust from getting into the air or using ventilation to capture dust.
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workplace hazards, provide advice on compliance with OSHA standards, and assist in establishing and improving safety and health management systems. To locate the OSHA On-site Consultation Program nearest you, call 1-800-321-OSHA (6742) or visit www.osha.gov/dcsp/smallbusiness. For more information on this and other healthrelated issues impacting workers, to report an emergency, fatality, inpatient hospitalization, or to file a confidential complaint, contact your nearest OSHA office, visit www.osha.
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FactSheet OSHA’s Crystalline Silica Rule: General Industry and Maritime OSHA is issuing two standards to protect workers from exposure to respirable crystalline silica — one for general industry and maritime, and the other for construction — in order to allow employers to tailor solutions to the specific conditions in their workplaces.
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Examples — Dust control methods • Medical surveillance must be offered to employees who will be exposed at or above the action level for 30 or more days a year starting on June 23, 2020. (Medical surveillance must be offered to employees who will be exposed above the PEL for 30 or more days a year starting June 23, 2018.) • Hydraulic fracturing operations in the oil and gas industry must implement engineering controls to limit exposures to the new PEL by June 23, 2021.