Most of the questions asked by attendees related to the application of the OSHA Respiratory Protection Standard, 1910.134, to disposable dust masks, which OSHA calls "filtering facepieces." ...

The EPA says disposable masks and other PPE should not be recycled in a home bin, and a conservation group estimates billions of masks will end up in the ocean. Skip Navigation.

Disposable dust masks have the same assigned protection factor (APF) as half-mask air purifying respirators. An APF of 10 means that the dust mask safely can be used in an atmosphere that has a ...

Mandatory Use of Disposable Dust Masks or N95 or Higher Respirators. An employer’s obligations under OSHA’s respiratory protection standard become much more onerous when employee use is mandatory.

Question: Under the mayor’s new orders, are we allowed to use the one-time-use paper masks that are used to filter out pollen, dust, smoke and bacteria, in lieu of cloth masks?

Disposable dust masks have the same APF as for half-mask air-purifying respirators, APF 10. An APF of 10 means that dust masks (if used properly) ...

The EPA says disposable masks and other PPE should not be recycled in a home bin, and a conservation group estimates billions of masks will end up in the ocean. Skip Navigation.

The EPA says disposable masks and other PPE should not be recycled in a home bin, and a conservation group estimates billions of masks will end up in the ocean. Skip Navigation.

The EPA says disposable masks and other PPE should not be recycled in a home bin, and a conservation group estimates billions of masks will end up in the ocean. Skip Navigation.

The EPA says disposable masks and other PPE should not be recycled in a home bin, and a conservation group estimates billions of masks will end up in the ocean. Skip Navigation.