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PROGRAM OF
PROTECTION
RESPIRATORY
DATE REVIEW PAGE MODIFICATION

Name Cargo firm

Prepared by Martha Zelaya A. Risk Prevention Advisor

Revisado por Luis Alvarez V. Operations Manager

Christan Alfaro V. Contract Administrator

Approved by Ricardo Martínez O. General Manager

CONTENTS

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Objectives 3
2. Scope 3
3. Definitions 4
4. Responsibilities 5-6-7
5. EPR Classification 7-8
6. EPR Selection 8-9
7. Goodness of Fit Tests 9-10
8. Proper use procedure 11
9. EPR Inspection 11
10. EPR Storage 12
11. Acknowledgment 13

1. OBJECTIVES

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Reduce and control the risk of accidents and occupational diseases through
correct use of personal protective equipment
Protect the physical integrity and health of workers
Grant and renew respiratory protection equipment once they meet their lifespan.
outgoing
Reduce losses and misuse of respiratory protection through a good program of
specific actions
Minimize exposure to free and crystallized silica

2. SCOPE

The present Respiratory Protection Program is aimed at all workers of MY.

ENGINEERS and their collaborating companies that are exposed to free silica and
crystallized.

3. DEFINITIONS

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Oxygen-deficient atmosphere: Atmosphere with an oxygen concentration lower than

19.5%
Employee Exposure: Exposure to air contaminants that occurs if the employee does not
use respiratory protective equipment.
Air Purifying Element Filter: Component of the respirator that removes aerosols
liquids or solids that signal.
End of Useful Life Indicator: A system that alerts the ventilator user that it is approaching the end.
end of adequate respiratory protection.
Accident: Undesired event that occurs and whose consequence is a physical damage.
affects people, facilities, and/or the environment.
Occupational Disease: It is a disease generated by the direct exercise of the
profession and that can cause a disability or later death.
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): are elements intended for protection of the
worker facing potential risks that may affect their integrity during development
of his/her duties.
Silicosis: It is a lung disease caused by overexposure to crystalline silica.
respirable. Of gray character and potentially lethal, characterized by fibrosis.
pulmonary irreversible, thus altering the respiratory capacity, that is, the exchange between
carbon dioxide and the oxygen necessary for the process does not occur properly.
Tipos De Silicosis:Crónica, Acelerada y aguda.
Chronic Silicosis: Occupational disease whose symptoms can present after 10 or more years.
years when a worker was exposed to free and crystalline silica.
Accelerated Silicosis: Occupational disease whose symptoms can occur from 5 to 10
years when a worker was exposed to free and crystalline silica.
Acute Silicosis: A Occupational Disease whose symptoms can manifest within weeks or
Five years ago when a worker was exposed to free and crystalline silica.
Symptoms of Silicosis: The main symptoms of this occupational disease are lack of
breath, dry cough, fatigue, loss of appetite, chest pain, and fever.
Diagnosis of Silicosis: The occupational disease can be diagnosed through the
complete medical examination, work history, chest X-ray and other function tests
respiratory.
3M 60923 Filters: Personal protective equipment (Mixed-Particle and Gas Filters) intended for
minimize the respirable fraction in relation to crystalline free silica exposure, material
particle PM10

4. RESPONSIBILITIES

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General Manager
Facilitate the implementation of the Respiratory Protection Program in all areas.
Provide technical assistance to the areas of the company for the implementation of the program.
Promote that training and retraining are delivered as required by the
current active legislation.

Operations Manager
Spread the Respiratory Protection Program to the Contract Administrator.
Evaluate the areas and work activities to identify if there are hazards for the children.
respiratory.
Implement the necessary control measures to eliminate or reduce exposure to
worker to the dangers that were identified.
Develop, establish, and maintain a Respiratory Protection Program in accordance with
the needs of each area of work.
Deliver, free of charge, an appropriate respirator for each worker included in the
Program.

Contract Administrator

Provide, allocate and facilitate the necessary resources to carry out the Program
Respiratory Protection.
Promote the implementation of the Respiratory Protection Program.

Risk Prevention Consultant

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Ensure the proper compliance with these provisions, informing in a timely manner to
whoever is responsible for the violations committed, instruct the staff on everything
regarding this management plan.
Conduct an analysis of Occupational Hazards and Associated Risks to identify the areas
detrabajo que requieren que eltrabajador utlice un respirador para realizar sustareas.
Develop and implement the Respiratory Protection Program.
Provide technical assistance on the implementation of the Program to the areas of work.
where I applied the rule.
Recommend the appropriate respiratory protection equipment for the conditions.
particulars of each area or work activity. In addition, it will verify that it is purchased
recommended team.
Coordinate the training and retraining for the workers of each area,
as necessary.
Realizar las pruebas de ajuste de los respiradores que utlizaran lostrabajadores.
Keep a record of the training offered and the medical evaluations.
that are carried out to the worker.
Carry out periodic evaluations of the Respiratory Protection Program to
ensure that the goals are met.
Implement appropriate procedures for the storage of respirators.

Chief of Operations

Instruct the workers regarding the current Respiratory Protection Program.

Superior the correct use of filters and tubes

Shift Leader

Be a leader in the use of personal protective equipment.

Implement the Respiratory Protection Program in your work area.
Make sure that the workers under your supervision, who are required to use
their respirators, they use them properly and attend the training sessions that
they carry out.
Keep the appropriate respirators available for the work the employee performs.
Conduct periodic inspections to ensure that the employees under your supervision
the storage procedures continue.

Workers

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Use the respirators that are provided to perform tasks and activities.
Store the ventilators according to the procedures established in the program.
Inform your supervisor about any issues with the adjustment or operation of the
respirator.
Inform your supervisor about any hazards in the workplace that have not been addressed.
properly attended.

5. CLASSIFICATION OF RESPIRATORY PROTECTION EQUIPMENT

The proper selection of respirators should begin with a hazard analysis.

Occupational and Associated Risks tasks and activities. The model and type will be selected.
respirator needed according to:

The results of the analysis.

The physical and chemical properties of pollutants.
The concentration and toxicity of the pollutant.
The exposure conditions.

The respiratory protection team is focused on design, application, and protective capacity.
respiratory protection equipment can be classified into:

Air purifiers: In these devices, the air to be inhaled passes through a

filtering material that retains contaminants. In case the air passes through the
filtering material and flow only by the respiratory action (inhalation), these devices are
they are called air purifiers of the type 'negative pressure'.

A. Air purifying equipment can come in the form of:

Filtering facepiece (self-filtering).

Facial piece plus filter.

The facepiece is the part of the respiratory protection that covers the mouth and nose (facepiece)
half face), must be made in such a way that it fits the user's face
providing airtightness to the entry of gases or particles.

B. The filters can be of the following types:

Against particles: retains solid and/or liquid particles suspended in the air.

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Against gases and/or vapors: retain specific gases and/or vapors.

Mixtures: retain solid and/or liquid particles dispersed, as well as gases and/or vapors
specific.

6. SELECTION OF RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

Respiratory protection will be required when exposed to a physical and/or chemical agent.
it poses a health risk, so it is necessary to have, beforehand, with the
Identification and evaluation of workplace risks (qualitative and/or quantitative).

They are considered respiratory risks:

a) Concentration of aerosols (solids or liquids) and/or gases (vapors) above the limit
permissible. The use of respiratory protection will be recommended under conditions and
concentrations lower than the permissible limit in cases such as those
substances that have a carcinogenic effect.
b) Work environment in which the atmosphere contains less than 18% oxygen. In
if it concerns underground mining operations, this rate is 19.5%.

6.1-Information to Consider in the Selection of Respiratory Protection

a) General conditions of the workplace: presence of hazards associated with the place of
work (excess heat, radiation, etc.), activity performed by the exposed worker
(duration, frequency, demand, nature of the contaminant(s)).

b) Concentration of the contaminant(s) in the workplace: re-emphasize that the

gas measurement has been represented and according to the methodology.

c) Limits of permissible exposure in force.

d) Certification of Respiratory Protection according to current regulations.

e) Adaptation of the equipment to the anatomical characteristics of the user.

f) Compatibility with other Personal Protective Equipment.

g) Health compatible with the use of Respiratory Protection Equipment.

h) In the case of air-purifying respiratory protection of the negative pressure type, no

It can be used when the worker has a beard on his face.

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When the environmental conditions pose an immediate danger to life and the
health, air purifying equipment will not be able to be used.

7. ADJUSTMENT TESTS

Before the worker is required to use the respirator, whether it is positive pressure or
Negatia, an adjustment test with a respirator of this style, model and size, must be performed.
that will be used. There are two types of adjustment tests:

QUALITATIVE ADJUSTMENT TEST.

The qualitative fit test is based on the user's sensory response to

Detect the test agent. It involves the use of a test contaminant agent.
to evaluate the adjustment. Some substances used for this test are; acetate of
isoamyl (banana essence), saccharin, Bitrex, and tin chloride (irritating smoke).

This method has the advantage of being fast and not requiring too much equipment.
complex.
In general, the procedure for the qualitative fit test is as follows:

a) The worker places his head in an enclosed space without his respiratory protection.
(this is obtained by placing a hood over the head).
b) The substance is injected into the closed space. It is verified if the worker has
sensitivity to the substance.
c) The same thing is repeated, but this time the worker uses their protection.
respiratory.
d) The worker first breathes normally. Then, he breathes deeply like
during heavy exercise. Then, shake your head from side to side and up and down.
down. Finally, the worker speaks.
e) The worker can perceive the substance that was injected, the adjustment is not acceptable.

However, the instructions provided by the manufacturers must also be followed.

kits for qualitative tests.

DAILY ADJUSTMENT CHECK.

Daily, prior to the use of the respiratory protection mask, they must be verified.
the conditions of a series of elements: conditions of elasticity of the belts,

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existence of inhalation iáliulas, conditions in which the facial piece is found,

chequear filtros adecuados, entre otros.
Along with the aforementioned, once the worker adjusts the mask to ...
face, it must also perform negative pressure tests and positive pressure tests,
as indicated in the figures.

Negative pressure test Positive pressure test

Half face mask Half face mask
(Filters with bayonet adjustment) (Filters with bayonet mount adjustment)

The adjustment tests will be carried out by the Risk Prevention Department, these will
they will carry out:
a) After the evaluation.
b) Before the worker starts using the respirator to carry out tasks.
c) When I used a respirator of a different model, size, and style.
d) Annually.

8. PROCEDURE FOR THE PROPER USE OF RESPIRATORS

a) The ventilators will be used only under the circumstances and conditions specified.
in the Respiratory Protection Program.
b) The Risk Prevention Department will periodically evaluate the workplace.
observe if there are changes in the conditions and if it is necessary to provide equipment for
additional respiratory protection.

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c) Workers who use their respirators to carry out tasks and activities must
conduct adjustment tests every time they are used.
d) Workers will not be allowed to have facial hair (beard, mustache) or any other condition that
interfere with the sealing or proper functioning of the respirator.
The employee must ensure that other personal protective equipment does not interfere with
the correct use and sealing of the respirator.
f) Employees who use respirators will not remove them while performing tasks.
Before the worker replaces, removes, adjusts, or takes out any part of this (filter,
trumpet, etc.), must leave the work area.
g) Workers will be able to leave the work area to wash their face or some part of it.
respirator, to prevent any type of irritation or damage to the skin, as needed.
They will also be able to leave the workplace if they detect gases or vapors through the
respirator, escape or some defect of it.
h) Before returning to the work area, the defective respirators will be discarded.
I will check the workplace and the conditions, as well as the state of the respirator.
that is suitable for use.

9. INSPECTION

Specifications on some maintenance points for Protective Equipment

Respiratory.
The aspects that must be inspected are:

Control of the tightness of the connections.

Condition of the facial cleaning and the straps that adjust it to the head.
Revision of inhalation and exhalation lip function.
Revision of the filters.
Inspect rubber parts to check their flexibility and detect signs of
deterioration. The straining and manipulation of these parts will allow us to maintain them.
foldable and flexible and it will prevent them from hardening when they are kept stored.

10. STORAGE

Recommendations for proper storage:

The manufacturer of the product must provide information on handling, cleaning and
disinfection of the equipment.
The equipment stored in positions and work areas to be used in situations of
emergencies must be easily accessible at all times and must be

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stored in specially designed compartments for that purpose, which must

to be clearly identifiable.
The equipment that is used routinely, such as that for polio and/or gases, may be
stored in plastic bags or in a hard plastic container.
The equipment should not be stored in cabinets or toolboxes, unless
that are placed in separate drawers or boxes.
The teams must be stored in such a way that the facial piece and the iáliula
exhalation remain in its normal position, to prevent the rubber or the
plastic, due to a bad position.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE RESPIRATORY PROTECTION PROGRAM

Yo, __________________________________, Rut________________

I declare that I have received the dissemination of the Respiratory Protection Program from the Advisor.
of Security or of the Chief of Operations, the day, ___________________.
In addition, I declare that I fully understood what was presented in said plan.

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Nombre del Instructor : _______________________________________________

Rutdel Instructor : _______________________________________________

Date : _______________________________________________

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