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12/20/01
GENERALWARNINGS
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1. Failure to properly select the appropriate respirator for all the contam-
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inants and their concentrations against which protection is required,
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or a failure to follow North's instructions and Warnings, as well as the
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Cautions and Limitations contained within the NIOSH Approval Label
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on the back page of these instructions will subject the user to the
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risk of serious injury, illness or death from exposure to hazardous
materials.
2. Do NOT use this respirator under any of the following conditions:
• For protection against particulates containing oil.
• For protection against Arsenic, Asbestos or Lead in any concentra-
tion.
• For protection against gases or vapors; or against unknown conta-
minants.
• In atmospheres where the concentration of the contaminant
exceeds the respirator's Maximum Use Concentration of 10 times
the contaminant's permissible exposure limit established by applic-
able OSHAor other government regulations.
• While performing or observing abrasive blasting (sandblasting)
operations.
• In oxygen-deficient atmospheres (any atmosphere having less than
19.5% oxygen by volume at sea level).
• In atmospheres where the concentrations of contaminant are
unknown, or are Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health (IDLH).
An IDLH atmosphere is any atmosphere which has a concentration
of any toxic, corrosive or asphyxiant substance that poses an
immediate threat to life, which would cause irreversible debilitating
effects on health, or which would interfere with the ability to escape
from a dangerous atmosphere.
• In confined spaces such as tanks, small rooms, tunnels or vessels,
unless the confined space is well ventilated and the concentration
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