🇵🇱 GRUPA AZOTY ZAKŁADY AZOTOWE „PUŁAWY” S.A. PL

PCA AB 1109 • Puławy, Poland • 24 methods

Environment

GRUPA AZOTY ZAKŁADY AZOTOWE „PUŁAWY” S.A. is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 1109 (Puławy, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 24 test methods in the following areas: Environment. Test objects include: Workplace environment - air, Workplace environment - electric lighting, Workplace environment - energy expenditure, Workplace environment - hot microclimate.

At a glance

  • Accreditation number: PCA AB 1109
  • Methods in scope: 24
  • Types of test objects: 8
  • City: Puławy, Poland
Accreditation number
AB 1109
Accreditation body
PCA
Address
LABORATORIUM HIGIENY PRACY, Al. Tysiąclecia Państwa Polskiego 13, 24-110 Puławy
City
Puławy, Poland

What this laboratory tests (8)

Accreditation scope — test methods (24)

No. Test object Methodology / Parameters Technique Reference document
Test methods
1 Workplace environment - air Air sampling for occupational exposure assessment to: - dust agents inhalable fraction respirable fraction Personal dosimetry method PN-Z-04008-7:2002 PN-Z-04008-7:2002+Az1:2004
2 Workplace environment - air Air sampling for occupational exposure assessment to: - organic substances, including inhalable fraction - inorganic substances, including inhalable fraction respirable fraction Personal dosimetry method Stationary method
3 Workplace environment - air Exposure index (calculated)
4 Workplace environment - air Ammonia concentration Range: (1,5 - 45) mg/m3 Spectrophotometric method PN-71/Z-04041 PB-01 Edycja 7 z dnia 16.04.2020 r.
5 Workplace environment - air Formaldehyde concentration Range: (0,033 - 1,0) mg/m3 Spectrophotometric method PN-76/Z-04045/02 PB-09 Edycja 7 z dnia 14.07.2023 r.
6 Workplace environment - air Gas concentration Range: CO - (2,3 - 150) mg/m3 (2 -129) ppm NO - (0,25 – 12,5) mg/m3 (0,2 – 10) ppm NO - (0,38 – 9) mg/m3 2 (0,2 – 4,7) ppm CO - (734 - 45750) mg/m3 2 Electrochemical method PB-04 8 z dnia 15.04.2025 r.
7 Workplace environment - air Benzene concentration Range: (0,11 - 11,53) mg/m3 Gas chromatography with mass spectrometry detection (GC-MS) PN-Z-04016-10:2005 PB-08 Edycja 6 z dnia 16.04.2020 r.
8 Workplace environment - air Concentration of harmful dust agents – inhalable fraction: - Wood dust - Flour dust - Dusts not classified according to toxicity - Organic dusts of animal and plant origin except wood and flour dust - Coal (hard, brown) - Magnesium calcium carbonate (dolomite) - Calcium sulphate (VI) (gypsum) Range: (0,15 – 20) mg/m3 Gravimetric method PN-Z-04507:2022-05+Ap1:2022-08
9 Workplace environment - air Concentration of harmful dust agents – respirable fraction: - Organic dusts of animal and plant origin except wood and flour dust - Coal (hard, brown) Range: (0,18 - 20) mg/m3 Gravimetric method PN-Z-04508:2022-05+Ap1:2022-08
10 Workplace environment - air Crystalline silica (quartz, cristobalite) concentration/content - respirable fraction Range: (0,010 - 0,5) mg/m3 Fourier transform infrared spectrometry method (FT-IR) Podstawy i Metody Oceny Środowiska Pracy 2012, Nr 4 (74), str. 117-130.
11 Workplace environment − hand-transmitted vibration Frequency-weighted r.m.s. vibration acceleration Range: (0,211 - 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
12 Workplace environment − hand-transmitted vibration Daily exposure, expressed as the energy-equivalent value for an 8-hour working day of the vector sum of the frequency-corrected r.m.s. vibration accelerations, determined for the three directional components (a , a , a ) hwx hwy hwz Exposure lasting 30 minutes or less, expressed as the vector sum of the frequency-weighted r.m.s. vibration accelerations, determined for the three directional components (a , a , hwx hwy a ) (calculated) hwz
13 Workplace environment − whole-body vibration Frequency-weighted r.m.s. vibration acceleration Range: (0,0178 - 25) m/s2 Direct measurement method PN-EN 14253 +A1:2011
14 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)
15 Workplace environment - noise A-weighted equivalent sound level A-weighted maximum sound level Range: (35 - 136) dB C-weighted peak sound level Range: (50 - 139) dB Direct measurement method PN-N-01307:1994 PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 z wyłączeniem metody obejmującej Strategię 2 i Strategię 3 – punkt 10 i 11
16 Workplace environment - noise Noise exposure level referred to: - the 8-hour daily working time - the average weekly working time (calculated)
17 Workplace environment - energy expenditure Air temperature Range: (5 - 35) °C Air flow Range: (10 - 60) dm3/min Direct measurement method PB-03 edycja 6 z dnia 29.05.2024 r.
18 Workplace environment - energy expenditure Energy expenditure (calculated)
19 Workplace environment - hot microclimate Air temperature Range: (15 - 60) °C Natural wet bulb temperature Range: (15 - 60) °C Blackened globe temperature Range: (15 - 60) °C Direct measurement method PN-EN ISO 7243:2018-01
20 Workplace environment - hot microclimate WBGT index WBGT eff index (calculated)
21 Workplace environment - moderate microclimate Air temperature Range: (10 - 40) °C Blackened globe temperature Range: (10 - 40) °C Air humidity Range: (25 - 75) % Air velocity Range: (0,15 - 5,0) m/s Direct measurement method PN-EN ISO 7730:2006+Ap2:2016-04
22 Workplace environment - moderate microclimate PMV index PPD index (calculated)
23 Workplace environment - electric lighting Illuminance Range: (0,5 – 9000) lx Direct measurement method PB-05 edycja 5 z dnia 17.03.2022 r.
24 Workplace environment - electric lighting Illuminance uniformity (calculated)

Reference standards (15)

PB-03 edycja 6 z dnia 29.05.2024 r.
PB-04 8 z dnia 15.04.2025 r.
PB-05 edycja 5 z dnia 17.03.2022 r.
PN-71/Z-04041 PB-01 Edycja 7 z dnia 16.04.2020 r.
PN-76/Z-04045/02 PB-09 Edycja 7 z dnia 14.07.2023 r.
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-EN ISO 7243:2018-01
PN-EN ISO 7730:2006+Ap2:2016-04
PN-N-01307:1994 PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 z wyłączeniem metody obejmującej Strategię 2 i Strategię 3 – punkt 10 i 11
PN-Z-04008-7:2002 PN-Z-04008-7:2002+Az1:2004
PN-Z-04016-10:2005 PB-08 Edycja 6 z dnia 16.04.2020 r.
PN-Z-04507:2022-05+Ap1:2022-08
PN-Z-04508:2022-05+Ap1:2022-08
Podstawy i Metody Oceny Środowiska Pracy 2012, Nr 4 (74), str. 117-130.