[ RadSafe ] RESPIRATOR USE TIME RESTRICTIONS

[Kurtz, Jerry E]

What restrictions, if any, do you place on the amount of time workers can work while wearing respirators?  Do you impose different criteria for tight-fitting respirators than air-supplied hoods?

Do you impose time limitations strictly on respirator use or are other considerations (e.g., heat stress) used as the basis for allowed work times while wearing respirators?

Reply to: Tom_Bratvold at RL.gov<mailto:Tom_Bratvold at RL.gov>

Thanks!