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Providing indoor air quality to meet the safety of the occupants is a daunting task—at best.
Ventilation –that is—supplying both outside air and re-circulated are at a rate that the majority of occupants of a classroom, gymnasium, office, or sports arena, would find safe and comfortable has been undertaken by such professional groups as ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engin
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ASHRAE has set guidelines for the amount of air circulation in a workspace is the document: ANSC/ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2016 titled, “Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality.”
This document referred to as “ASHRAE 62” is intended to “specify minimum ventilation rates and other measures intended to provide indoor air quality tha
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We Can Help You Develop a Plan That is Safe and Effective to Re-Open Your Facility.
Atlantic Environmental, Inc. has 42 years (1978-2020) in developing plans for worker health and safety.
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If you need COVID-19 Recovery assistance discussed in this article, call us at 1-800-344-4414 or e-mail us at [email protected] for details and a free estimate.
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If you need assistance with pigeon/ bird droppings as discussed in this article, call us at 1-800-344-4414 or email us at [email protected] for details and a free estimate.
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Pigeons, “Winged Rats”
Anyone who has lived or worked in a city
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If you need ventilation consulting or testing discussed in this article, call us at 1-800-344-4414 or e-mail us at [email protected] for details and a free estimate.
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The amount of fresh air—outside air—that needs to be
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We have developed a distinctive approach to evaluating individual tenant spaces and entire high-rise buildings for air quality, including molds and chemicals. Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) and Building Related Disease (BRD) are more likely in large commercial spaces because of the complexity of the HVAC systems, variety of tenants, space constraints and the fact that they are in dense metropolitan areas.
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If you need sewer gas assistance as discussed in this article, call us at 1-800-344-4414 or email us at [email protected] for details and a free estimate.
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Is It Sewer Gas?The first thing to do is make sure the smell is sewer gas—usually
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If you need assistance with Local Exhaust Ventilation as discussed in this article, call us at 1- 800-344-4414 or e-mail us at [email protected] for details and a free estimate.
There are a variety of ways to protect a worker from exposure to an air contaminant. The best option is to eliminate contaminants!! Often this is not possible!
The second option is to isolate the process from the worker (Enclosure) or isol
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Year after year, citations for violations of the Respiratory Standard 1910.134 consistently remain in the TOP 5 most cited OSHA violations.
Don’t kid yourself, respiratory protection is a complex subject. You cannot just arbitrarily decide that “it looks dusty out there, I guess I will have the workers wear dust masks.”
Here are some of the most common mistakes made by employers related to respiratory protection:
Monitoring (1910.134
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