362 NO YES YES NO e ectiveness The solutions GAP-LINE Are you working with hazardous materials at your workplace? Are you working with hazardous materials at your workplace? (German regulations ArbSchG §§ 4,5,6; BetrSichV §3; ArbStättV §3) Can the work with hazardous materials be avoided? (Risk assessment, BetrSichV, TRGS 400) Initiate protective measures (GefStoffV §§7–10) In addition to organizational and personal protective measures, technical procedures are the most important and efficient means for providing maximum personal protection. no further action required no further action required • Fume cupboard according to EN 14175-3 • Hazardous material work station with volume flow monitoring, tested in accordance with EN 14175-3 • Pharmaceutical exhaust according to EN 12924 part 4: 2012 • Suction hoods without volume flow monitoring, tested in accordance with EN 14175-3 • Spot and source extraction • Various bench extraction systems Technical solutions are always preferable to organisational and personal measures! Legal requirements for employers have steadily increased in recent years and although these are tending towards deregulation, they do, however, confer with them a higher degree of responsibility. Air is a suitable medium to move hazardous materials from one hazardous area to another such as, for example all types of filters or to areas of higher dilutions. The primary aim is, above all to protect personnel against harmful vapours. A wide range of applications. Along with traditional laboratories, such as those mentioned in the guidelines “Working Safely in Laboratories”, (German regulations BGI 850-0), there are many other workplaces where hazardous materials are handled in some form or another. These are, for example: • machines (for cooling, grinding, dust, chips …) • storage (solvents, chemicals…) • workshops (with soldering, welding, bonding, cleaning, painting, grinding areas…) • working with solvents (cleaning, decanting, adhesive bonding, painting) • or medical pathology The following diagram provides the user and employer (at the workplace) with an overview to quickly find practical solutions to work-related issues.
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