3M Whitecap W-8100B-CA Instrucciones De Uso página 5

– Contaminants that are dangerous to your health include those that you may not be able to see or
smell. Leave the contaminated area immediately if any of the following conditions occur. failure
to do so may result in sickness or death.
– Any part of the system becomes damaged.
– Airflow into the respirator decreases or stops.
– breathing becomes difficult.
– you feel dizzy or your vision is impaired.
– you taste or smell contaminants.
– your face, eyes, nose or mouth become(s) irritated.
– you suspect that the concentration of contaminants may have reached levels at which this
respirator may no longer provide adequate protection.
– If this respirator fails any of the requirements of the user inspection and performance check, do
not use the respirator until all necessary repairs have been made and the respirator passes the
performance check. failure to do so may adversely affect respirator performance and result
in sickness or death.
– failure to pass a user performance check and complete all necessary repairs before use may
adversely affect respirator performance and result in sickness or death.
– your employer must provide compressed breathing air that meets at least the requirements
of the specification for Grade d breathing air as described in the Compressed Gas Association
Commodity Specification G-7.1-1997 in the United States. In Canada, refer to CSA standard
Z180.1, table for the quality of compressed breathing air. Failure to do so may result in
sickness or death.
– you must comply with oSHA standard 29 CfR 1910.134, which states that "Airline couplings
shall be incompatible with outlets for other gas systems to prevent inadvertent servicing of
airline respirators with nonrespirable gases or oxygen." Failure to do so may result in sickness
or death.
– do not remove the respirator while in a contaminated area. Always don and remove the
respirator in a clean environment. failure to do so may expose the wearer to respiratory hazards
and could result in sickness and/or death.
– before you enter a hazardous atmosphere wearing this respirator, you must inspect the
respirator, complete a user performance check, and don the respirator according to the
instructions in the "operating Instructions" section of these User Instructions and the User
Instructions provided with the components of the system you are using. Failure to do so may
adversely affect respirator performance and may result in sickness or death.
– Use of this respirator system to enter areas where atmospheric concentrations of contaminants
are unknown, immediately dangerous to life or health, exceed the Maximum Use Concentration
(MUC) for the respirator headpiece, or where atmospheres contain less than 19.5% oxygen
could result in sickness and/or death.
– do not use strong solvents such as aromatic hydrocarbons or ketones to clean the headgear
shell. these solvents can cause deterioration of the shells' ability to withstand impact and
penetration. Use of these solvents for cleaning may result in injury or death.
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