General Type of Assigned Product Recommended Respirator Description Using Current NIOSH Protection Needed Protection Hazard that Terminology and Images of Example Respirator by the Handler Factor (APF) Triggers from risk Requirement assessment or for Respirator RED Protection from: Inhalation Wear a minimum of a NIOSH-approved particulate filtering APF = 10 Particulates; Tox I or Tox II facepiece respirator with any N1, R, or P filter; OR a Aerosols; Products approved elastomeric particulate respirator with any N1, R, [If an APF 5 Solid or P filter; OR a NIOSH-approved powered air purifying respirator is products identified in a risk respirator with HE filters. Liquid assessment, RED or other risk 1 Note to registrant: Drop the “N” option if there is oil in the products management product’s formulation and/or the product is labeled for document, use [Note to mixing with oil-containing products. this APF 10 registrants: For particulate microbial respirator description.] pesticides, see Example images: the last row of Left: N95 filtering facepiece respirator. Photo courtesy of this table for a N. Fitz modified version of the respirator Right: P100 filtering facepiece respirator. Photo courtesy of description.] G. Cooke
General Type of Protection Needed by the Handler Assigned Protection Factor (APF) from risk assessment or RED Product Hazard that Triggers Requirement for Respirator Recommended Respirator Description Using Current NIOSH Terminology and Images of Example Respirator Protection from: Particulates; Aerosols; Solid products Liquid products [Note to registrants: For microbial pesticides, see the last row of this table for a modified version of the respirator description.] APF = 10 [If an APF 5 respirator is identified in a risk assessment, RED or other risk management document, use this APF 10 particulate respirator description.] Inhalation Tox I or Tox II Products Wear a minimum of a NIOSH-approved particulate filtering facepiece respirator with any N1, R, or P filter; OR a elastomeric particulate respirator with any N1, R, or P filter; OR a NIOSH-approved powered air purifying respirator with HE filters. 1 Note to registrant: Drop the “N” option if there is oil in the product’s formulation and/or the product is labeled for mixing with oil-containing products. Example images: Left: N95 filtering facepiece respirator. Photo courtesy of N. Fitz Right: P100 filtering facepiece respirator. Photo courtesy of G. Cooke approved