EN 482:2021
(Main)Workplace exposure - Procedures for the determination of the concentration of chemical agents - Basic performance requirements
Workplace exposure - Procedures for the determination of the concentration of chemical agents - Basic performance requirements
This document specifies basic performance requirements for procedures for the determination of the concentration of chemical agents in workplace atmospheres as required by the Chemical Agents Directive 98/24/EC [13]. These requirements apply to all steps of measuring procedures regardless of the physical form of the chemical agent (gas, vapour, airborne particles), measuring procedures with separate sampling and analytical methods, and direct-reading instruments.
This document specifies requirements that are fulfilled by measuring procedures when tested under prescribed laboratory conditions due to a wide range of environmental conditions encountered in practice.
Exposition am Arbeitsplatz - Verfahren zur Bestimmung der Konzentration von chemischen Arbeitsstoffen - Grundlegende Anforderungen an die Leistungsfähigkeit
Dieses Dokument legt grundlegende Anforderungen an die Leistungsfähigkeit von Verfahren zur Bestimmung der Konzentration chemischer Arbeitsstoffe in der Arbeitsplatzatmosphäre fest, wie seitens der Richtlinie über chemische Arbeitsstoffe 98/24/EG [13] gefordert. Diese Anforderungen sind für alle Schritte von Messverfahren, unabhängig vom physikalischen Zustand des chemischen Arbeitsstoffes (Gas, Dampf, luftgetragene Partikel), Messverfahren mit voneinander unabhängigen Probenahme- und Analyseverfahren sowie für direktanzeigende Messgeräte anzuwenden.
Dieses Dokument legt Anforderungen fest, die bei der Prüfung unter vorgeschriebenen Laborbedingungen aufgrund einer Vielzahl von Umgebungsbedingungen in der Praxis durch Messverfahren zu erfüllen sind.
Exposition sur les lieux de travail - Procédures pour déterminer la concentration d'agents chimiques - Exigences élémentaires relatives aux performances
Le présent document spécifie les exigences élémentaires de performances pour les procédures servant à déterminer la concentration des agents chimiques dans l'air des lieux de travail, comme requis par la Directive 98/24/CE relative aux agents chimiques [13]. Ces exigences s'appliquent à toutes les étapes des procédures de mesure, indépendamment de la forme physique de l'agent chimique (gaz, vapeur, particules en suspension dans l'air), aux procédures de mesure pour lesquelles le prélèvement et l'analyse sont deux étapes distinctes et aux instruments à lecture directe.
Le présent document spécifie les exigences auxquelles doivent satisfaire les procédures de mesure soumises à essai dans des conditions de laboratoire prescrites, ceci en raison du large éventail de conditions environnementales rencontrées dans la pratique.
Izpostavljenost na delovnem mestu - Postopki za določevanje koncentracije kemičnih agensov - Osnovne zahtevane lastnosti
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-maj-2021
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 482:2012+A1:2016
Izpostavljenost na delovnem mestu - Postopki za določevanje koncentracije
kemičnih agensov - Osnovne zahtevane lastnosti
Workplace exposure - Procedures for the determination of the concentration of chemical
agents - Basic performance requirements
Exposition am Arbeitsplatz - Verfahren zur Bestimmung der Konzentration von
chemischen Arbeitsstoffen - Grundlegende Anforderungen an die Leistungsfähigkeit
Exposition sur les lieux de travail - Procédures pour déterminer la concentration d'agents
chimiques - Exigences élémentaires relatives aux performances
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 482:2021
ICS:
13.040.30 Kakovost zraka na delovnem Workplace atmospheres
mestu
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EN 482
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
March 2021
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 13.040.30 Supersedes EN 482:2012+A1:2015
English Version
Workplace exposure - Procedures for the determination of
the concentration of chemical agents - Basic performance
requirements
Exposition sur les lieux de travail - Procédures pour Exposition am Arbeitsplatz - Verfahren zur
déterminer la concentration d'agents chimiques - Bestimmung der Konzentration von chemischen
Exigences élémentaires relatives aux performances Arbeitsstoffen - Grundlegende Anforderungen an die
Leistungsfähigkeit
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Classification . 6
4.1 General . 6
4.2 Screening measurements of time-weighted average concentration . 6
4.3 Screening measurements of variation of concentration in time and/or space . 6
4.4 Measurements for comparison with OELVs . 6
4.5 Periodic measurements . 6
5 Performance requirements . 7
5.1 General . 7
5.2 Screening measurements of time-weighted average concentration . 7
5.3 Screening measurements of variation of concentration in time and/or space . 7
5.4 Measurements for comparison with limit values and periodic measurements . 7
5.4.1 General . 7
5.4.2 Unambiguity . 7
5.4.3 Selectivity . 7
5.4.4 Averaging time . 8
5.4.5 Measuring range . 8
5.4.6 Expanded uncertainty . 8
5.4.7 Chemical agents where compliant methods are not available . 9
5.5 Composite procedures . 9
5.6 Transport, handling and/or storage . 9
5.7 Environmental conditions . 9
5.8 Description of measuring procedure . 9
5.9 Dimension of result . 9
5.10 Additional requirements . 10
6 Test method and calculation of uncertainty of measurement . 11
7 Validation report . 12
Annex A (informative) Structure of a method description. 13
Annex B (informative) Calculation of uncertainty of measurement. 14
Bibliography . 22
European foreword
This document (EN 482:2021) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 137 “Assessment of
workplace exposure to chemical and biological agents”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This document corresponds to ISO 20581:2016, published by the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) which contains a modified version of EN 482:2012+A1:2015.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by September 2021, and conflicting national standards
shall be withdrawn at the latest by September 2021.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN 482:2012+A1:2015.
The major technical changes between this document and the previous edition are as follows:
a) standard title adapted to the wording used in the scope;
b) 4.4, which comprised two subclauses, was revised;
c) recommendation regarding exposure peaks inserted in 5.4.4;
d) 5.4.7 reformulated to improve comprehensibility;
e) new Table 2 with additional requirements for the testing parameters added to 5.10;
f) Annex A specified more in detail;
g) new subclause B.9 for blank subtraction added.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the
United Kingdom.
Introduction
National laws and regulations require the assessment of the exposure of a worker to chemical agents in
workplace atmospheres. One way of assessing such exposure is to measure the concentration of a
chemical agent in the air in the worker's breathing zone. The procedures used for such measurements
should provide reliable and valid results for the comparison purpose of exposure measurements with
occupational exposure limit values (OELVs) and for the provision of acceptable control strategies.
This document introduces basic requirements to fulfil the measurement procedures in the process of
quantitative exposure assessment. Specific European Standards and International Standards have been
prepared for different types of measuring procedures and measuring devices. These include standards
for airborne particle samplers (EN 13205, all parts), diffusive samplers (EN 838 and ISO 16107),
pumped samplers (EN ISO 22065), short-term detector tubes (EN ISO 17621), personal sampling
pumps (EN ISO 13137), metals and metalloids in airborne particles (EN ISO 21832), mixtures of
airborne particles and vapour (EN 13936) and direct-reading instruments for toxic gases and vapours
(EN 45544, all parts). In these specific documents, additional requirements have been included for the
procedure or device in question, so that the basic requirements of this document are not compromised.
Where no specific European Standard and/or International Standard exist, only the basic requirements
apply.
Performance requirements given in this document are intended to apply under environmental
conditions present at the workplace. However, because a wide range of environmental conditions are
encountered in practice, this document specifies requirements that have to be fulfilled by measuring
procedures when tested under prescribed laboratory conditions.
It is the user's responsibility to choose the appropriate procedures or devices that meet the
requirements of this document. One way of doing this is to obtain information or confirmation from the
provider of a procedure or the manufacturer of a device. Type-testing or, more generally, assessment of
the performance of procedures or devices, can be undertaken by the manufacturer, user, testing house
or research and development laboratory, as is most appropriate. A number of existing procedures for
workplace measurements have either been tested over a part of the required minimum measuring
range, but not over the entire range, or have not been tested for all environmental influences and
potential interferences. If these partially validated procedures meet the performance requirements of
this document, they can be used at present. Nevertheless, these procedures should be tested over the
full ranges as soon as is reasonably practicable.
1 Scope
This document specifies basic performance requirements for procedures for the determination of the
concentration of chemical agents in workplace atmospheres as required by the Chemical Agents
Directive 98/24/EC [13]. These requirements apply to all steps of measuring procedures regardless of
the physical form of the chemical agent (gas, vapour, airborne particles), measuring procedures with
separate sampling and analytical methods, and direct-reading instruments.
This document specifies requirements that are fulfilled by measuring procedures when tested under
prescribed laboratory conditions due to a wide range of environmental conditions encountered in
practice.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 481, Workplace atmospheres - Size fraction definitions for measurement of airborne particles
EN 838, Workplace exposure - Procedures for measuring gases and vapours using diffusive samplers -
Requirements and test methods
EN 1540, Workplace exposure - Terminology
EN 13205 (all parts), Workplace exposure - Assessment of sampler performance for measurement of
airborne particle concentrations
EN 13936, Workplace exposure - Procedures for
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