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by insaneirish 912 days ago
> Wearing PPE is miserable. The respiratory masks that reliably keep silica out of your lungs are painful.

I completely disagree. Is it less comfortable than not wearing a mask? For sure. Do I consider it a burden to wear a P100 respirator when dealing with silica? Nope.
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saxman0001 912 days ago
How many hours a day do you typically spend wearing your respirator?

Have you had a professional fit test to see whether your respirator is making an adequate seal? Many folks wear these things far too loosely to pass a basic fitment test.

How many hours a day do you spend moving objects that weight >20lbs while wearing your respirator?

How often do you work on days >30C while decked out in your respirator?

Do you keep your face shaved baby smooth at all times?

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Arrath 912 days ago
Full disclosure, this is going back to a job I had over 7 years ago, and did for about 2 years.

>How many hours a day do you typically spend wearing your respirator?

Minimum 6, as much as 14.

>Have you had a professional fit test to see whether your respirator is making an adequate seal?

Absolutely.

>How many hours a day do you spend moving objects that weight >20lbs while wearing your respirator?

~75% of any given shift.

>How often do you work on days >30C while decked out in your respirator?

About 2 months out of the year.

> Do you keep your face shaved baby smooth at all times?

Not any more! This was one of the driving factors in me leaving the job that required near full time respirator use, actually. I like my beard. :V

That said, I value my long term health much more than any discomfort throughout the current day to day. Give me that PPE, baby.

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insaneirish 912 days ago
Well said.

To me, saying "I work too many hours to wear PPE the entire time" is akin to saying "I drive too many hours to be sober the entire time."

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anigbrowl 912 days ago
Off-topic, but why is there a brand new saxman0001 account replying to a saxman001 (member since 2021) thread?

Also nthing what other people said about just using a full face respirator if you don't like smaller variety. I don't like respirators as such but they do the job.

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oooyay 912 days ago
If you want a recommendation: https://parcilsafety.com/products/pd100-full-face-respirator

Filter list: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0128/4037/0235/files/Full_...

It has large outter seals which are great if you wear glasses and it's extremely light. The inner seal is also pretty thick and I have shortish facial hair that doesn't impact the seal at all.

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Incipient 912 days ago
>How many hours a day do you spend moving objects that weight >20lbs while wearing your respirator?

You wouldn't get wearing it while carrying etc. It's while cutting.

Don't get me a lot of establishments are probably not set up for proper dust control (eg cutting in a dust extraction room) but that's still not a reason to ban the product.

This was incredibly political. Our media outlets scared the crap out of everyone with a good month long campaign on it, so it became entirely political.

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newaccount74 912 days ago
> Do you keep your face shaved baby smooth at all times?

I have a short beard (5mm) and the 3M silicon masks [1] still have a very tight seal. So I don't think a smooth shave is necessary.

[1]: https://www.3mdeutschland.de/3M/de_DE/p/d/b00039314/

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