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EN 689:2018

Superseded

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Workplace exposure - Measurement of exposure by inhalation to chemical agents - Strategy for testing compliance with occupational exposure limit values

Superseded date

17-04-2019

Superseded by

EN 689:2018+AC:2019

Published date

09-05-2018

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European foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions and abbreviations
4 General
5 Occupational exposure assessment
6 Report
7 Periodic reassessment
Annex A (informative) - Assessment of exposure
Annex B (informative) - Occupational exposure limit
        values for compliance testing
Annex C (informative) - Simultaneous workplace exposure
        to several chemical agents
Annex D (informative) - Exposure profile and sampling
        duration
Annex E (informative) - Check of exposure measurements
        distribution, and identification of exceptional
        exposure within the SEG
Annex F (informative) - Testing compliance with OELVs
Annex G (informative) - Exposure calculation with a
        work shift longer than 8h
Annex H (informative) - Exposure below the limit
        of quantification
Annex I (informative) - Interval for periodic measurements
Bibliography

This European Standard specifies a strategy to perform representative measurements of exposure by inhalation to chemical agents in order to demonstrate the compliance with occupational exposure limit values (OELVs).This European Standard is not applicable to OELVs with reference periods less than 15 min.

Committee
CEN/TC 137
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes PREN 689. (05/2018)
DocumentType
Standard
PublisherName
Comite Europeen de Normalisation
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

EN 13936:2014 Workplace exposure - Procedures for measuring a chemical agent present as a mixture of airborne particles and vapour - Requirements and test methods
EN 838:2010 Workplace exposure - Procedures for measuring gases and vapours using diffusive samplers - Requirements and test methods
EN 481:1993 Workplace atmospheres - Size fraction definitions for measurement of airborne particles
EN 1076:2009 Workplace exposure - Procedures for measuring gases and vapours using pumped samplers - Requirements and test methods
EN 482:2012+A1:2015 Workplace exposure - General requirements for the performance of procedures for the measurement of chemical agents
EN 13890:2009 Workplace exposure - Procedures for measuring metals and metalloids in airborne particles - Requirements and test methods
EN 13205-1:2014 Workplace exposure - Assessment of sampler performance for measurement of airborne particle concentrations - Part 1: General requirements
ISO 5479:1997 Statistical interpretation of data — Tests for departure from the normal distribution
EN 1540:2011 Workplace exposure - Terminology

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