🇵🇱 Echoson PL
EnvironmentConstructionMaterials & polymers
Echoson is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 1020 (Łódź, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 14 test methods in the following areas: Environment, Construction, Materials & polymers. Test objects include: Workplace environment – air, Workplace environment – hand-arm vibration, Workplace environment – indoor electric lighting, Workplace environment – noise.
At a glance
- Accreditation number: PCA AB 1020
- Methods in scope: 14
- Types of test objects: 5
- City: Łódź, Poland
- Accreditation number
- AB 1020
- Accreditation body
- PCA
- Address
- Laboratorium Badań Środowiska Pracy, Ryszard Sikorski, ul. Rogozińskiego 23 lok. 1U,, 93-554 Łódź
- City
- Łódź, Poland
What this laboratory tests (5)
- Workplace environment – air — 6 methods
- Workplace environment – hand-arm vibration — 2 methods
- Workplace environment – indoor electric lighting — 2 methods
- Workplace environment – noise — 2 methods
- Workplace environment – whole-body vibration — 2 methods
Accreditation scope — test methods (14)
| No. | Test object | Methodology / Parameters | Technique | Reference document | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test methods | |||||
| 1 | Workplace environment – hand-arm vibration | Frequency-weighted r.m.s. vibration acceleration Range: (0,2 - 100) m/s2 Direct measurement method | PN-EN ISO 5349-1:2004 PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004 PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004/A1:2015-11 | ||
| 2 | Workplace environment – hand-arm vibration | Daily exposure, expressed as the energy-equivalent value for 8 hours of action of the vector sum of the r.m.s. frequency-corrected vibration accelerations determined for three directional components (a , a , a ) hwx hwy hwz Exposure lasting 30 minutes or less, expressed as the vector sum of the r.m.s. frequency-weighted vibration accelerations determined for three directional components (a , a , a ) hwx hwy hwz (calculated) | |||
| 3 | Workplace environment – whole-body vibration | Frequency-weighted effective vibration acceleration Range: (0,06 – 35,48) m/s² Direct measurement method | PN-EN 14253+A1:2011 | ||
| 4 | Workplace environment – whole-body vibration | Daily exposure, expressed as the energy-equivalent value for 8 hours of action of the r.m.s. frequency-corrected vibration acceleration dominant among the vibration accelerations determined for three directional components taking into account the appropriate factors (1.4a , 1.4a , a ) wx wy wz Exposure lasting 30 minutes or less, expressed as the r.m.s. frequency-weighted vibration acceleration dominant among the vibration accelerations determined for three directional components taking into account the appropriate factors (1.4a , 1.4a , a ) wx wy wz (calculated) | |||
| 5 | Workplace environment – indoor electric lighting | Illuminance Range: (5 – 10000) lx Direct measurement method | IR-19/13, wyd. 3 z 12.12.2022 | ||
| 6 | Workplace environment – indoor electric lighting | Illuminance uniformity (calculated) | |||
| 7 | Workplace environment – noise | A-weighted equivalent sound level A-weighted maximum sound level Range: (55 – 135) dB C-weighted peak sound level Range: (55 – 138) dB Direct measurement method | PN-N-01307:1994 PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 z wyłączeniem metody obejmującej strategię 2 i 3 - punkt 10 i 11 | ||
| 8 | Workplace environment – noise | Noise exposure level normalised to: - an 8-hour working day an average weekly working time (calculated) | |||
| 9 | Workplace environment – air | Sampling for occupational exposure assessment to: - dust agents, including – inhalable fraction – respirable fraction - metals and their compounds, including – inhalable fraction – respirable fraction Personal dosimetry method | PN-Z-04008-7:2002+Az1:2004 | ||
| 10 | Workplace environment – air | Sampling for occupational exposure assessment to: - inorganic substances, including – inhalable fraction – respirable fraction - organic substances, including – inhalable fraction Personal dosimetry method Stationary method | |||
| 11 | Workplace environment – air | Exposure index (calculated) | |||
| 12 | Workplace environment – air | Carbon monoxide concentration Range: (2,3 – 234) mg/m3 Range: (2 – 201) ppm Electrochemical method | IR-14/13, wyd. 2 z 05.01.2023 | ||
| 13 | Workplace environment – air | Concentration of harmful dust agents– inhalable fraction - Petroleum bitumen - Apatites and phosphorites - Portland cement - Titanium dioxide - Natural graphite - Synthetic graphite - Kaolin - Amorphous and synthetic silica - Wood dust - Flour dust - Dusts not classified according to toxicity - Organic dusts of animal and plant origin excluding wood dust and flour dust - Calcium sulphate (VI) (gypsum) - Carbon black - Talc - Coal (hard coal, lignite) - Calcium magnesium carbonate (dolomite) - Silicon carbide, non-fibrous Range: (0,17 – 20,08) mg/m3 Gravimetric method | PN-Z-04507:2022-05 PN-Z-04507:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08 | ||
| 14 | Workplace environment – air | Concentration of harmful dust agents – respirable fraction - Apatites and phosphorites - Portland cement - Natural graphite - Amorphous and synthetic silica - Organic dusts of animal and plant origin except wood and flour dust - Talc - Coal (hard, brown) Range: (0,17 – 7,86) mg/m3 Gravimetric method | PN-Z-04508:2022-05 PN-Z-04508:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08 | ||
Reference standards (8)
IR-14/13, wyd. 2 z 05.01.2023
IR-19/13, wyd. 3 z 12.12.2022
PN-EN 14253+A1:2011
PN-EN ISO 5349-1:2004 PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004 PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004/A1:2015-11
PN-N-01307:1994 PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 z wyłączeniem metody obejmującej strategię 2 i 3 - punkt 10 i 11
PN-Z-04008-7:2002+Az1:2004
PN-Z-04507:2022-05 PN-Z-04507:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08
PN-Z-04508:2022-05 PN-Z-04508:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08