Accurate CSA Fit Tests Respirator Fit Tests Vancouver & Fraser Valley – Are You Getting the Protection You Deserve? Accurate CSA Fit Tests to the standard Z94.4-02 . When it comes to workplace safety, few things are more important than knowing your respirator actually protects you. I’ve been conducting respirator fit tests in the Fraser Valley and Vancouver area for over a decade, and I […]
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Essential Time for a Respirator Fit Test. 30 to 45 Min
Essential Time for a Respirator Fit Test. 30 to 45 Min. The Essential Time for a Respirator Fit Test should be 30 to 45 minutes. You need to be instructed on the essential aspects of respirator safety. Others advertise a time frame for a fit test is only 15 minutes. WorkSafe BC clearly states in Regulation 8.40(2) that “ Fit tests must be performed in […]
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For Jim Hobbs and his daughter Janice Martell Taken Out by a Speck of Dust When I heard her say “When you watch a man like that, get Taken Out by a Speck of Dust, You Fight” after describing who her father was, my emotions were very evident. Feeling both sad and mad caused my heart to drop, my throat swelled and wouldn’t […]
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How Respirator Fit Tests are Done N95 How to conduct a Respirator Fit Test For N95 and Respirators, when searching the question “How Respirator Fit Tests are Done N95” or similar How to conduct a Respirator Fit Test? , it seems every answer on Google starts the same way. They jump right into the actual procedures and miss the entire front end of the process. The […]
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8 Reasons Irritant Smoke is Better then Sweet and Bitters 8 Reasons Irritant Smoke is Better then Sweet and Bitters. When conducting a Qualitative Respirator Fit Test, there are several advantages when using VeriFit Irritant Smoke Generators rather then using Sweet and Bitter Solution. From time in conducting the tests, cost to the tester associated with each, medical concerns and cost to test subject of […]
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10 FAQ on Respirators Masks Fit Testing 10 FAQ on Respirators Masks Fit Testing These are the 10 FAQ on Respirators Masks Fit Testing asked over the past several months during COVID-19. I have been asked as a professional respirator fit tester with over 2000 people protected in early 2020 alone, hundreds of questions. I choose these 10, however if there’s other questions people wish […]
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The Respirator * The Medical and Dental People, and COVID-19 A Construction Site Safety company with Occupational First Aid III. Having been involved directly with the OH&S profession, I’ve Developed, and Coordinator safety Programs and Safety Manuals for various sized companies. All to a COR standard. In addition, as an Instructor in Personal Fall Protection Training Systems, with my own course I developed, […]
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When the N95 Masks Run Out 3D Printed Respirator The making of a 3D Printed Respirator is now a reality. When I first heard about this and the doctor who created one, I was more than skeptical. Yet all it takes is an emergency of epic proportions to force the human mind and drive for survival to seek a solution. That’s exactly what an Orthodontists […]
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Surgical Mask vs N95 Respirators Surgical Mask vs N95 Respirators Surgical Mask vs N95 Respirators are complete opposites of each other. Respirators are worn to protect you from what ever substance or material you’re working with that has the capability of being inhaled and causing you injury or worse. Surgical masks have gaps and offer little to no protection at all. They’re for others protection […]
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Time to Regulate Occupational Health and Safety Professionals Time to Regulate, Give us your opinion. Contact us here Posted on September 12, 2017 Courtesy of The Toronto Star Newspaper Ltd. Lack of regulation poses a public safety danger to Canadian workers Workplace accidents, like this one at a downtown Toronto construction site in March, took the lives of 852 people in 2015. Improving Canada’s occupational […]
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Is OHS Cheap in Construction Is OHS Cheap in Construction Is OHS Cheap in Construction? When the number of Injuries and Fatalities are announced in April ahead of Day of Mourning, I am bewildered as to why. When a construction company still doesn’t want to comply. Is OHS Cheap in Construction? It is when those numbers are reduced. Just having the appearance of safety is […]
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High Level Noise and The Effect It Had On Me Posted on March 6, 2017 High Level Noise High Level Noise and The Effect It Had On Me was the reason and cause for the mood swings I was feeling. Ever think to yourself while at work, “Why am I in such a bad mood? I wasn’t when I showed up. But I sure am […]
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When It’s Your Child That Gets Caught in the BITE Posted on February 16, 2017 Caught in the in BITE The Phone Call When It’s Your Child That Gets Caught in the in BITE, what do you do? I just received a call that NO safety professional ever wants to receive. My son who is 20 years old, is in the trades, learning concrete forming, […]
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Speed Takes Another Life, And He Was My Friend How many times have you heard or even said “A life can be snuffed out in a blink of an eye”. I myself have used it a number of times over the years to stress on a point in a toolbox or full-out safety meeting. But did I really understand what I was saying. I never […]
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Posted on November 11, 2016 Lest We Forget Remembrance Day Flanders Fields In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place: and in the sky The larks still bravely singing fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead: Short days ago, We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved: and now we […]
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Construction Safety * What Is It Written on October 27, 2016 What is Construction Safety? I ask you this because I wonder if it really exists or is it just doing the song and dance so legislative principles don’t order and impose fines on the ones who do the developing and hold the purse strings. The numbers and my own personal experiences might suggest […]
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Infrastructure Design of a Bottleneck Revised April 2, 2019 Written on September 26, 2016 Infrastructure Design of a Bottleneck First of all, the Infrastructure Design of a Bottleneck is what’s astonishing from the number I just heard. The Greater Vancouver and the George Massey Tunnel Replacement Project is estimated at 3.5 Billion Dollars. Yet this will not elevate the congestion of rush hour traffic. To fully […]
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Painter Dies after Falling at Saanich Work SiteWritten on September 17, 2016 Painter dies after falling at Saanich work site by Cindy E. Harnett , Jeff Bell of the Times Colonist * Another senseless death of a Construction Worker WHY by Mike WinbowFrom Times Colonist by Times ColonistCindy E. Harnett , Jeff BellSEPTEMBER 15, 2016 10:23 PMUPDATED: SEPTEMBER 17, 2016 12:23 AM Painter dies after falling at Saanich work […]
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Right to Refuse Unsafe Work The Lie The Right to Refuse Unsafe Work is more than just a Right. It is your responsibility, or so we were led to believe. Practice Directive 1-1-3(A) flies in the face of WorkSafe BC 3.12 and 3.13 which is supposed to protect you. “A worker must not be subject to discriminatory action as defined in section 150 of Part […]
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