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*- .. rj. September 14, 1978 AJmtmitlrwUm Srrvicn Crpup 199 Mouonford Remd . i Rtdnar, PnuMjrfnnfe 19087 Mr. Cecil Callahan Centaur Management Consultants, Suite 465 1120 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington,,D.C. 20036 Inc. Dear Mr. Callahan, . Attached is cost information associated with respiratory programs in our domestic refineries. Please feel free to call with any questions. Sincerely, JMH/emk cc: J.F. Naber ___ s Employee and Environmental Health and Safety Services S 0863 (1) What type or types of respirators are you currently using? Our 5 domestic refineries use the following A) Self-contained breathing apparatus - full face piece B) Supplied air respirators, airline - full face piece .C) Supplied air respirators, hose mask with blowers - full face piece D) Supplied air respirators, abrasive blasting - helmet and hood E) Air purifying - cannister - full face piece F) Air purifying - cartridge - full face piece G) Air purifying - cartridge - half mask H) Air purifying - dust, disposable - half mask I) HF Alkylation Hoods - What are the individual costs of these devices? A) $575 to 617 B) $110 to 299 C) $1050 D) Not available E) $130 F) $50 G) $11 - $13 H) $0.72 to $0.85 I) Not available - How many of each type are currently in use? What is their service Yrs. Refinery 1 Refinery 2 Refinery 3 Refinery 4 Refinery 5 Life A) 42 26 16 12 71 5-10 B) 18 48 0 0 24 2-15 C) 10 2 8 4 9 10 D) 2 6 1 2 1 10 E) 100 18 12 10 5 2-5 F) 0 24 0 0 12 2-5 G) 750 440 270 36 665 k-l H) 500 200 1200 720 500 0 I) 0 0 20 16 - What is the service life of the filters, cartridges, cannister? > Single use - one day only - What is the service life of other replaceable parts? Inhalation valves, exhalation valves, exhalation valve cover, elastic headband, cartridge gaskets - replaced as needed , 1 following daily inspection, usually replaced 2x per year. , 1 S 0864 - What are the cost of the replaceable parts? Inhalation valve MSA $0.44 A.O. $1.95 Welch. $1.10 Exhalation valve cover MSA $0.7 A.O. . '$0.5 ' Welch. '$0.6 Exhalation valve MSA $0.77 A.O. $1.78 Welch. $2.15 Headband MSA '$2.1 A.O. $1.7 Welch. $2.1 Cartridge gasket MSA A.O. Welch $0.55 $0.45 not needed , Cartridges - $3.56 Cannisters - $15.00 (2) What is the total level of staff time devoted to administrations, maintenance and monitoring of your respirator program? For example: --Program administrators`time to set up program, monitor worker use of respirators, evaluate overall effectiveness of program, etc Per refinery one-time NIOSH 593 Course "Occupational Respiratory Protection" 32 hr Program Creation 215 hr Per refinery, on-going per year Monitor worker use of respirators Evaluate over-all effectiveness 4 0) . hr 10 hr - Workers time to inspect respirator, replace worn parts, clean, etc? Per respirator: Inspect - 1 minute Replace cartridges - 1 minute Clean respirators - 5 minutes Bagging & tagging & recordkeeping - 2 minutes (3) What is the amount of time devoted to training employees in respirator usage? For example: -- Amount of training time per employee? 30 minutes air purifying 40 minutes air supplied -- Total time of respirator program devoted to training? Per refinery - 120 hours minimum -- Fit testing time, per employee 20 minutes C 0865