🇵🇱 SOWIX Sp. z o.o. PL

PCA AB 1024 • Łuków, Poland • 47 methods

Environment

SOWIX Sp. z o.o. is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 1024 (Łuków, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 47 test methods in the following areas: Environment. Test objects include: Workplace environment - air, – emergency lighting, Workplace environment - indoor electric lighting, Workplace environment - air - air samples collected on sorbent tubes.

At a glance

  • Accreditation number: PCA AB 1024
  • Methods in scope: 47
  • Types of test objects: 14
  • City: Łuków, Poland
Accreditation number
AB 1024
Accreditation body
PCA
Address
SOWIX Laboratorium Ochrony Środowiska Pracy, ul. Żeromskiego 4 A, 21-400 Łuków
City
Łuków, Poland

What this laboratory tests (14)

Accreditation scope — test methods (47)

No. Test object Methodology / Parameters Technique Reference document
Test methods
1 Workplace environment - air Sampling for occupational exposure assessment to: - dust agents inhalable fraction respirable fraction Personal dosimetry method PN-Z-04008-7:2002+Az1:2004
2 Workplace environment - air Sampling for occupational exposure assessment to: - organic substances, - inorganic substances, including inhalable fraction respirable fraction - metals and their compounds, including inhalable fraction respirable fraction Personal dosimetry method Stationary method
3 Workplace environment - air Exposure index (calculated)
4 Workplace environment - air Concentration of harmful dust agents – inhalable fraction: - 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 except wood and flour dust - Calcium sulphate (VI) (gypsum) - Carbon black - Talc - Coal (hard, brown) - Magnesium calcium carbonate (dolomite) - Silicon carbide, non-fibrous Range: (0,25 - 17,0) mg/m3 Gravimetric method PN-Z-04507:2022-05 PN-Z-04507:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08
5 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: (0,10 - 11,34) mg/m3 Gravimetric method PN-Z-04508:2022-05 PN-Z-04508:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08
6 Workplace environment - air Concentration of nitrogen monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide Range: NO (0,38 - 24,75) mg/m3 (0,31 - 19,80) ppm NO2 (0,09 - 38,14) mg/m3 (0,05 - 19,97) ppm CO (2,32 - 116) mg/m3 (2,0 - 100) ppm Electrochemical method PB P-03 wydanie 6 z dnia 15.11.2024 r.
7 Workplace environment - air Ammonia concentration Range: (1,5 - 60) mg/m3 Spectrophotometric method PN-Z-04041:1971
8 Workplace environment - air Formaldehyde concentration Range: (0,08 - 13) mg/m3 Spectrophotometric method PN-Z-04045-02:1976
9 Workplace environment - air Concentration/content of lead and its inorganic compounds, calculated as Pb – inhalable fraction PN-Z-04487:2017-10
10 Workplace environment - air Range: (0,003 - 0,14) mg/m3
11 Workplace environment - air (0,002 - 0,1) mg in the sample
12 Workplace environment - air Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS)
13 Workplace environment - air Concentration/content of iron oxides calculated as Fe iron(III) oxide, iron(II) oxide, triiron tetraoxide – inhalable fraction – respirable fraction Range: (0,07 - 21,9) mg/m3 (0,05 - 15,0) mg in the sample Flame atomic absorption spectrometry method (FAAS) PN-Z-04469:2015-10 PB P-06, wydanie nr 1 z dnia 20.11.2019 r.
14 Workplace environment - air - air samples collected on sorbent tubes Concentration / content of organic compounds Range: - acetone (12,6 - 1516,7) mg/m3 (0,45 - 9,10) mg in the sample - butan-2-one (8,1 - 1015,7 mg/m3 (0,29 - 6,09) mg in the sample - cyclohexanone (0,7 - 82,6) mg/m3 (0,025 - 2,97) mg in the sample - ethanol (32,8 - 1991,3) mg/m3 (1,18 - 11,95) mg in the sample - butan-1-ol (1,1 - 135,0) mg/m3 (0,04 - 4,87) mg in the sample - propan-2-ol (16,7 - 1881,3) mg/m3 (0,60 - 11,29) mg in the sample - 2-methylpropan-1-ol (1,8 - 218) mg/m3 (0,066 - 7,85) mg in the sample - 2-ethoxyethanol (0,2 - 21,8) mg/m3 (0,007 - 0,79) mg in the sample - 2-butoxyethanol (1,8 - 212,8) mg/m3 (0,06 - 7,66) mg in the sample - ethyl acetate (18,7 - 1504,0) mg/m3 (0,67 - 9,02) mg in the sample - butyl acetate (5,2 - 1024,3) mg/m3 (0,19 - 6,15) mg in the sample - pentane (240,3 - 2371,5) mg/m3 (8,65 - 14,23) mg in the sample - hexane (1,2 - 145) mg/m3 (0,04 - 5,22) mg in the sample - benzene (0,12 - 14,72) mg/m3 (0,004 - 0,53) mg in the sample - toluene (2,2 - 265,6) mg/m3 (0,08 - 9,56) mg in the sample - xylene - mixture of isomers (1,2-, 1,3-, 1,4-): (1,7 - 204,5) mg/m3 (0,06 - 7,36) mg in the sample Gas chromatography with flame ionisation detection (GC-FID) PB P-05 wydanie 4 z dnia 21.01.2021 r.
15 Workplace environment - air - air samples collected on sorbent tubes Concentration / content of organic compounds Range: - trimethylbenzene – mixture of isomers (1,2,3-, 1,2,4-, 1,3,5-) (1,6 - 191,3) mg/m3 (0,06 - 6,89) mg in the sample - ethylbenzene (3,4 - 1047,0) mg/m3 (0,12 - 6,28) mg in the sample - styrene (1,0 - 114) mg/m3 (0,03 - 4,11) mg in the sample - tetrachloroethene (1,7 - 204,4) mg/m3 (0,06 - 7,36) mg in the sample Gas chromatography with flame ionisation detection (GC-FID) PB P-05 wydanie 4 z dnia 21.01.2021 r.
16 Workplace environment - air - air samples collected on sorbent tubes Concentration / content of 1,2-Dichloroethane Range: (0,8 - 16,4) mg/m3 (0,0098 - 0,1968) mg in the sample Gas chromatography with flame ionisation detection (GC-FID) Podstawy i Metody Oceny Środowiska Pracy 2018, nr 2 (96), str. 133-143
17 Workplace environment - air Concentration/content of crystalline silica (quartz and cristobalite) - respirable fraction Range: (0,006 - 0,25) mg/m3 (0,005 - 0,2) mg in the sample Fourier transform infrared spectrometry method (FT- IR) Podstawy i Metody Oceny Środowiska Pracy 2012, 4 (74), str. 117-130
18 Workplace environment - air - air samples collected into absorbing solution Concentration / content of nitrogen monoxide Range: (0,2 - 17,8) mg/m3 (0,1 - 8) µg in the sample (0,16 - 14,30) ppm Spectrophotometric method PN-Z-04009-11:2008
19 Workplace environment - air - air samples collected into absorbing solution Concentration / content of nitrogen dioxide Range: (0,06 - 4,62) mg/m3 (0,1 - 8) µg in the sample (0,03 - 2,42) ppm Spectrophotometric method
20 Workplace environment - noise A-weighted equivalent sound level Range: (50 - 120) dB, A-weighted maximum sound level Range: (50 - 125) dB, C-weighted peak sound level Range: (70 - 140) dB Direct measurement method PN-N-01307:1994 PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 z wyłączeniem metody obejmującej strategię 2 i 3 – pkt. 10 i 11
21 Workplace environment - noise Noise exposure level referred to: - the 8-hour daily working time - the average weekly working time (calculated)
22 Workplace environment - hot microclimate Air temperature Range: (10 - 60) °C Blackened globe temperature Range: (10 - 60) °C Natural wet bulb temperature Range: (10 - 60) °C Direct measurement method PN-EN ISO 7243:2018-01
23 Workplace environment - hot microclimate WBGT, WBGTeff index (calculated)
24 Workplace environment - cold microclimate Air temperature Range: (-30 - 10) °C Blackened globe temperature Range: (-30 - 10) °C Air humidity Range: (20 - 90) % Air velocity Range: (0,15 - 5,00) m/s Direct measurement method PN-EN ISO 11079:2008
25 Workplace environment - cold microclimate IREQmin index IREQneutral index twc index (calculated)
26 Workplace environment - moderate microclimate Air temperature Range: (10 - 30) °C Blackened globe temperature Range: (10 - 40) °C Air humidity Range: (20 - 90) % Air velocity Range: (0,15 - 1,00) m/s Direct measurement method PN-EN ISO 7730:2006
27 Workplace environment - moderate microclimate PMV index PPD index (calculated)
28 Workplace environment - indoor electric lighting Illuminance, Range: (5 - 5000) lx PN-83/E-04040.03
29 Workplace environment - indoor electric lighting Direct measurement method
30 Workplace environment - indoor electric lighting Illuminance uniformity
31 Workplace environment - indoor electric lighting (calculated)
32 Workplace environment Illuminance PN-EN 1838:2013-11 z wyłączeniem pkt. 4.2.3 - 4.2.7
33 – emergency lighting Range: (0,5 - 500) lx
34 – emergency lighting Direct measurement method
35 – emergency lighting Stosunek minimalnego do
36 – emergency lighting maximum illuminance
37 – emergency lighting (calculated)
38 – emergency lighting Uniformity of lighting for the area
39 – emergency lighting high risk
40 Workplace environment - whole-body vibration Frequency-weighted effective vibration acceleration Range: (0,02 - 100) m/s2 Direct measurement method PN-EN 14253+A1:2011
41 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 (1.4awx, 1.4awy, awz) 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 (1.4awx, 1.4awy, awz) (calculated)
42 Workplace environment - hand-arm vibration RMS frequency-weighted vibration acceleration Range: (0,06 - 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
43 Workplace environment - hand-arm vibration Daily exposure, expressed as the energy equivalent for 8 hours of action of the vector sum of r.m.s. frequency-corrected vibration accelerations, determined for three directional components (ahwx, ahwy, ahwz) Exposure lasting 30 minutes and less, expressed as the vector sum of r.m.s. frequency-weighted vibration accelerations determined for the three directional components (ahwx, ahwy, ahwz) (calculated)
44 General environment – noise from installations, equipment and industrial plants A-weighted equivalent sound level Range: (25,0 - 135,0) dB Direct measurement method nr 7 | enia Ministra Klimatu i Środowiska z dnia 07.09.2021 r. (t. j. Dz.U. 2023 poz. 1706) z wyłączeniem pkt. E.II.1 i F
45 General environment – noise from installations, equipment and industrial plants A-weighted equivalent sound pressure level for the reference time T expressed by the indicators LAeqD and LAeqN (calculated)
46 Rooms in residential, collective residence and public utility buildings – noise A-weighted equivalent sound level A-weighted maximum sound level Range: (25,0 - 135,0) dB Direct measurement method PN-87/B-02156
47 Rooms in residential, collective residence and public utility buildings – noise A-weighted equivalent sound level for reference time T (calculated)

Reference standards (23)

PB P-03 wydanie 6 z dnia 15.11.2024 r.
PB P-05 wydanie 4 z dnia 21.01.2021 r.
PN-83/E-04040.03
PN-87/B-02156
PN-EN 14253+A1:2011
PN-EN 1838:2013-11 z wyłączeniem pkt. 4.2.3 - 4.2.7
PN-EN ISO 11079:2008
PN-EN ISO 5349-1:2004 PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004 PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004+A1:2015-11
PN-EN ISO 7243:2018-01
PN-EN ISO 7730:2006
PN-N-01307:1994 PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 z wyłączeniem metody obejmującej strategię 2 i 3 – pkt. 10 i 11
PN-Z-04008-7:2002+Az1:2004
PN-Z-04009-11:2008
PN-Z-04041:1971
PN-Z-04045-02:1976
PN-Z-04469:2015-10 PB P-06, wydanie nr 1 z dnia 20.11.2019 r.
PN-Z-04487:2017-10
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
Podstawy i Metody Oceny Środowiska Pracy 2012, 4 (74), str. 117-130
Podstawy i Metody Oceny Środowiska Pracy 2018, nr 2 (96), str. 133-143
enia Ministra Klimatu i Środowiska z dnia 07.09.2021 r. (t. j. Dz.U. 2023 poz. 1706) z wyłączeniem pkt. E.II.1 i F
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