ASTM F1461-12
(Practice)Standard Practice for Chemical Protective Clothing Program
Standard Practice for Chemical Protective Clothing Program
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
This practice presents those elements that constitute a chemical protective clothing (CPC) program and conditions to be used in establishing a program for the selection and use of CPC. Adherence to this practice requires that a written program be developed for any use of CPC.
Although much remains to be determined regarding the toxicity of vapor and liquid exposure to the skin, this practice outlines the essential information necessary and suggested methods for hazard assessment prior to the selection of CPC (see Practice F1154).
This practice does not address the various methods for testing CPC or obtaining the data upon which CPC assessments are made. These test methods are listed in Section 2 of this practice.
This practice does not include recommendations that may apply to personal protection from nuclear radiation, radioactive contamination, or microbiological organisms, or to clothing that is worn to protect a particular environment from the entry of chemicals, particles, or living matter that may arise from the wearer.
CPC should be used when other means of control are not available. Its major uses should be limited to the following:
Maintenance operations;
Upset or emergency conditions;
Use in lieu of engineering controls when they are not feasible or are being installed;
Supplementing feasible engineering controls when they fail to control the hazard completely; and
Use in the event that engineering controls fail.
Engineering controls and substitution of materials should be stressed as the first line of defense in all control situations since effective use of CPC depends on worker compliance, proper selection, quality control, and other variables that may prove to be weak links in an overall control process.
SCOPE
1.1 This practice is intended to promote the proper selection, use, maintenance, and understanding of the limitations of chemical protective clothing (CPC) by users, employers, employees, and other persons involved in programs requiring CPC, thereby limiting potentially harmful and unnecessary skin exposures.
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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Designation: F1461 − 12
Standard Practice for
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Chemical Protective Clothing Program
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F1461; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope F2588 Test Method for Man-In-Simulant Test (MIST) for
Protective Ensembles
1.1 This practice is intended to promote the proper
selection, use, maintenance, and understanding of the limita-
3. Terminology
tions of chemical protective clothing (CPC) by users,
employers,employees,andotherpersonsinvolvedinprograms 3.1 Definitions:
requiring CPC, thereby limiting potentially harmful and un-
3.1.1 analytical detection limit, n—a number, expressed in
necessary skin exposures.
units of concentration (or amount), that describes the lowest
concentration level (or amount) that an analyst can determine
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the
to be different from an analytical blank (background level).
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
3.1.2 biological monitoring, n—the chemical analysis of
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
chemicals or metabolites, or both, from a worker’s blood,
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
urine, fingernails, sweat, breath, and so forth.
3.1.3 buddy system, n—a means of organizing employee
2. Referenced Documents
work groups whereby each participant is matched with another
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
so that prompt assistance can be rendered in the case of any
F739 Test Method for Permeation of Liquids and Gases
emergency.
throughProtectiveClothingMaterialsunderConditionsof
3.1.4 chemical protective clothing (CPC), n—an item of
Continuous Contact
clothing that is specifically designed and constructed for the
F903 Test Method for Resistance of Materials Used in
intended purpose of isolating all or part of the body from a
Protective Clothing to Penetration by Liquids
chemical hazard.
F1001 Guide for Selection of Chemicals to Evaluate Protec-
tive Clothing Materials
3.1.5 decontamination, n—the reduction, removal, or neu-
F1052 Test Method for Pressure Testing Vapor Protective
tralization of contaminant or contaminants from protective
Suits
clothing to safely permit the protective clothing to be doffed
F1154 Practices for Qualitatively Evaluating the Comfort,
(taken off), or reused, or discarded.
Fit, Function, and Durability of Protective Ensembles and
3.1.6 elastomer, n—an elastic polymer that has properties
Ensemble Components
similar to rubber.
F1194 Guide for Documenting the Results of Chemical
3.1.7 fabric, n—a planar structure consisting of yarns or
PermeationTesting of Materials Used in Protective Cloth-
fibers.
ing
F1383 Test Method for Permeation of Liquids and Gases
3.1.7.1 Discussion—Unlike a polymer sheet, a fabric is
throughProtectiveClothingMaterialsunderConditionsof normally subject to penetration by gases and liquids.
Intermittent Contact
3.1.8 Fick’s laws of diffusion, n—mathematical descriptions
of the movement of one type of molecule through another.
3.1.8.1 Discussion—Diffusionisnotduetoholesorporesin
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This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F23 on Personal
chemical protective clothing materials.
Protective Clothing and Equipment and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
F23.30 on Chemicals.
3.1.9 hazard assessment, n—an examination of the work-
Current edition approved Aug. 1, 2012. Published September 2012. Originally
place to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be
approved in 1993. Last previous edition approved in 2007 as F1461 - 07. DOI:
present, which necessitate the use of personal protective
10.1520/F1461-12.
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contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
3.1.10 industrial hygienist, n—a person who, by experience
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website. and academic training, is qualified to recognize, evaluate, and
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control chemical, physical, and biological agents in the clothing that is worn to protect a particular environment from
workplace, or a person certified by the American Board of theentryofchemicals,particles,orlivingmatterthatmayarise
Industrial Hygiene. from the wearer.
3.1.11 occlusion, n—the physical process of covering a
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Designation:F1461–07 Designation: F1461 – 12
Standard Practice for
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Chemical Protective Clothing Program
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F1461; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope
1.1 Thispracticeisintendedtopromotetheproperselection,use,maintenance,andunderstandingofthelimitationsofchemical
protectiveclothing(CPC)byusers,employers,employees,andotherpersonsinvolvedinprogramsrequiringCPC,therebylimiting
potentially harmful and unnecessary skin exposures.
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility
of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory
limitations prior to use.
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
F739 Test Method for Permeation of Liquids and Gases through Protective Clothing Materials under Conditions of Continuous
Contact F903
F903 Test Method for Resistance of Materials Used in Protective Clothing to Penetration by Liquids
F1001 Guide for Selection of Chemicals to Evaluate Protective Clothing Materials
F1052 Test Method for Pressure Testing Vapor Protective Suits
F1154 Practices for Qualitatively Evaluating the Comfort, Fit, Function, and Durability of Protective Ensembles and Ensemble
Components
F1194 Guide for Documenting the Results of Chemical Permeation Testing of Materials Used in Protective Clothing Guide for
Documenting the Results of Chemical Permeation Testing of Materials Used in Protective Clothing
F1383 Test Method for Permeation of Liquids and Gases through Protective Clothing Materials under Conditions of
Intermittent Contact
F2588 Test Method for Man-In-Simulant Test (MIST) for Protective Ensembles
3. Terminology
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard: Definitions:
3.1.1 analytical detection limit, n—a number, expressed in units of concentration (or amount), that describes the lowest
concentration level (or amount) that an analyst can determine to be different from an analytical blank (background level).
3.1.2 biological monitoring, n—the chemical analysis of chemicals or metabolites, or both, from a worker’s blood, urine,
fingernails, sweat, breath, and so forth.
3.1.3 buddy system, n—a means of organizing employee work groups whereby each participant is matched with another so that
prompt assistance can be rendered in the case of any emergency.
3.1.4 chemical protective clothing (CPC), n—any material or combination of materials used in an item of clothing or the
purpose of isolating parts of the body from direct contact with a potentially hazardous chemical. —an item of clothing that is
specifically designed and constructed for the intended purpose of isolating all or part of the body from a chemical hazard.
3.1.5 decontamination, n—removal or neutralization of a contaminant(s) from the protective clothing to the extent necessary
to safely permit the protective clothing to be doffed (taken off), or reused, or disposed of. —the reduction, removal, or
neutralization of contaminant or contaminants from protective clothing to safely permit the protective clothing to be doffed (taken
off), or reused, or discarded.
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This practice is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee F23 on Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F23.30
on Chemicals.
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Current edition approved Feb. 1, 2007. Published February 2007. Originally approved in 1993. Last previous edition approved in 2005 as F1461-93 (2005) . DOI:
10.1520/F1461-07.
Current edition approved Aug. 1, 2012. Published September 2012. Originally approved in 1993. Last previous edition approved in 2007 as F1461 - 07. DOI:
10.1520/F1461-12.
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volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on the ASTM website.
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3.1.6 elastomer, n—a term often used for rubber and polymers that have properties similar to rubber. —an elastic polymer that
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