In many houses, extensive refurbishment measures are only required after many years, for example, when old plaster is knocked off or old tiles or electrical cables are removed. In order to find out whether pollutants are hidden in the old building components, measurements of harmful substances such as asbestos measurements are useful.
The occupational limit values describe the maximum permitted exposure to a substance at the workplace. This is based on regular contact over a 40-hour working week (5 days of 8 hours each). Important safety measures at the workplace can be derived from the results obtained.
With the measuring device SG350ex, the mass fractions of hydrocarbons can be determined by means of an RCP measurement. The measurement with the measuring device SG350ex is used to check occupational health and safety. It can be used to test whether the permissible occupational limit values of the respective mixtures are exceeded or whether there is no specific health hazard.
Behind the abbreviation TRGS stands for the Technical Rules for Hazardous Substances. These rules reflect the current state of the art, scientific findings for activities involving hazardous substances, including their classification and labeling. They are drawn up by the Committee for Hazardous Substances (AGS) and published by the Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales (BMAS). The Hazardous Substances Ordinance can also be consulted.
In general, the term pollutants refers to substances that have a harmful effect on health and/or the environment.
The pollutants can be solids, gases/fumes or liquids and are usually present as mixtures of substances.
The hazard potential depends on the type of substance and the duration and frequency of exposure.
The GSA measuring devices SG350ex and SG5100ex have been specially developed and certified for use with gas in potentially explosive atmospheres with the suffix “ex” .
When it comes to measuring occupational safety in such a hazardous environment, it makes sense to use the GSA SG350ex or SG5100ex measuring device if contact with flammable gases is possible.
The abbreviation TRGS stands for Technical Rules for Hazardous Substances and are a fundamental element of occupational health and safety. These rules specify the application of the Hazardous Substances Ordinance.
Such a risk assessment is always necessary if pollutants may be present at the workplace. The employer has a duty to protect employees from potential health hazards.
GSA ‘s FSP2 personal sampling system is equipped with a cyclone. This is a licensed sampling system that is used, for example, for particle measurements of dust fractions of A-dust or E-dust at the workplace in order to determine the dust load there.
Measuring dust exposure at the workplace is always useful when occupational limit values must be complied with.
If there is a risk of heavy metal exposure at the workplace, it often makes sense to test for heavy metal exposure. It is important to consider a few points in advance. Our GSA measuring devices SG10-2A or PM4-2, for example, are suitable for this purpose.
These devices can be used to measure the particle measurements of the dust fraction of A-dust and/or E-dust.
Wood dust is classified as E-dust and poses a great risk of the particles settling in the lungs or affecting other parts of the body. For wood dust measurement and particle measurement of the dust fraction of E-dust, we recommend our measuring device SG10-2A for stationary measurement or the SG5100ex and SG5200 devices for personal measurement.
With regard to a wood dust explosion, we recommend our SG5100ex measuring device, as it has been specially developed for potentially explosive atmospheres.