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SAFETY
86343970 18HP LIGHTNING BURNISHER
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AIR QUALITY MONITORING
Warning - Deployment of a monitor/detector is essential for the safe operation of any equipment that has the
potential to produce CO. CO sensors/detectors became available on the mass market around 1978. The main
differences between the technologies involved are battery or electric and Semiconductor or Biomimetic types.
Detectors for carbon monoxide (CO) are manufactured and marketed for use in either the home or occupational
industrial settings. The detectors for home use are devices that will sound an alarm before CO concentrations in
the home become hazardous. There is an Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., performance standard (UL 2034) for
residential CO detectors. Detectors currently available on the market are battery-powered, plug-in, or hardwired.
Some models incorporate a visual display of the parts per million (ppm) concentration of CO present in the home.
For more information on CO detectors for home use, call the Consumer Product Safety Commission:
Commission Hotline at 1-800-638-2772
CO detectors for use in residential settings are not designed for use in workplace settings. Monitoring
requirements in an occupational setting are different from monitoring requirements in the home. In the workplace,
it is frequently necessary to monitor a worker's exposure to carbon monoxide over an entire work shift and
determine the time-weighted average (TWA) concentration of the exposure. It may also be necessary to have
carbon monoxide monitors with alarm capabilities in the workplace. The direct reading instruments are frequently
equipped with audio and/or visual alarms and may be used for area and/or personal exposure monitoring. Some
have microprocessors and memory for storing CO concentration readings taken during the day. It is significant to
note that some of the devices mentioned for workplace CO monitoring are not capable of monitoring TWAs, and
not all are equipped with alarms. The appropriate monitor must be chosen on an application-by-application basis.
For more information on the availability of workplace CO monitors or their application, call the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health at 1-800-35-NIOSH (1-800-356-4674).
Room Size and Time Estimations for Parts Per Million (PPM) CO
The fundamental factors in area CO levels involve:
The concentration and volume of CO production
The size of the area
The amount of air exchange if any
The amount of time CO is produced
Multiplying length, width, and height will determine the volume or cubic feet in a room. So an empty building 100ft
by 100ft with a 10ft ceiling would be 100,000 cubic ft. in size. Any material that is in the room and takes space
would reduce the cubic feet.
Air exchange is defined as the exhausting of internal air to the external atmosphere.
The Graph above depicts the relationships of air exchange to time and CO ppm with cubic feet area and percent
CO emissions remaining constant.
Based on the CO production rates shown above the TWA would be exceeded in a 100 x 100 x 10 foot (empty)
space after 3 hours with 2 air changes per hour. (Assumes no additional CO exposure during 8 hour time period)
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