🇵🇱 Podkarpackie Laboratorium Badawcze Sp. z o.o. PL

PCA AB 1475 • Rzeszów, Poland • 33 methods

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Podkarpackie Laboratorium Badawcze Sp. z o.o. is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 1475 (Rzeszów, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 33 test methods in the following areas: Environment, Construction. Test objects include: Workplace environment - air, Workplace environment - emergency lighting, Workplace environment - outdoor electric lighting, General environment - noise from installations, equipment and indus….

At a glance

  • Accreditation number: PCA AB 1475
  • Methods in scope: 33
  • Types of test objects: 12
  • City: Rzeszów, Poland
Accreditation number
AB 1475
Accreditation body
PCA
Address
ul. Hanasiewicza 6A, 35-103 Rzeszów
City
Rzeszów, Poland

What this laboratory tests (12)

Accreditation scope — test methods (33)

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 - organic substances, including – inhalable fraction - inorganic substances – inhalable fraction – respirable fraction – thoracic fraction - metals and their compounds, including – inhalable fraction – respirable fraction - asbestos - respirable fibres - man-made mineral fibres excluding refractory ceramic fibres - respirable fibres Personal dosimetry method PN-Z-04008-7:2002 + Az1:2004
2 Workplace environment - air Exposure index (calculated)
3 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 - carbon black - man-made mineral fibres except refractory ceramic fibres - talc - coal (hard, brown) - magnesium calcium carbonate (dolomite) - silicon carbide, non-fibrous Range: (0,1 – 36,8) mg/m3 Gravimetric method PN-Z-04507:2022-05+Ap1:2022-08
4 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: (0,1 – 14,62) mg/m3 Gravimetric method PN-Z-04508:2022-05+Ap1:2022-08
5 Workplace environment - air Carbon monoxide concentration Range (2,32 – 232) mg/m3 (2 – 200) ppm Electrochemical method IB-5.5.7 wydanie 8 z dnia 30.09.2022 r.
6 Workplace environment - air Nitrogen monoxide concentration Range (0,25 – 8,75) mg/m3 (0,2 – 7) ppm Electrochemical method
7 Workplace environment - air Nitrogen dioxide concentration Range (0,38 – 9,55) mg/m3 (0,2 – 5) ppm Electrochemical method
8 Workplace environment - noise A-weighted equivalent sound level A-weighted maximum sound level Range: (50 – 135) dB C-weighted peak sound level Range: (50 – 138) dB Direct measurement method PN-N-01307:1994 PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 z wyłączeniem metody obejmującej strategię 2 punkt 10 oraz strategię 3 punkt 11
9 Workplace environment - noise Noise exposure level referred to: - the 8-hour daily working time - the average weekly working time (calculated)
10 Workplace environment - indoor electric lighting Illuminance Range: (5 – 5 000) lx Direct measurement method PN-83/E-04040.03
11 Workplace environment - indoor electric lighting Illuminance uniformity (calculated)
12 Workplace environment - outdoor electric lighting Illuminance Range: (5 - 5 000) Ix Direct measurement method PN-83/E-04040.03
13 Workplace environment - outdoor electric lighting Illuminance uniformity (calculated)
14 Workplace environment - outdoor electric lighting Illuminance uniformity (calculated)
15 Workplace environment - emergency lighting Illuminance Range: (0,5 – 500) lx Direct measurement method PN-EN 1838:2013-11 z wyłączeniem punktów 4.2.3
16 Workplace environment - emergency lighting Ratio of minimum to maximum illuminance (calculated)
17 Workplace environment - emergency lighting Illuminance uniformity for the high-risk zone (calculated)
18 Workplace environment - emergency lighting Lighting switch-on time Range: (1 – 80) s.
19 Workplace environment - emergency lighting Minimum lighting operating time Range: (1 – 7200) s.
20 Workplace environment - whole-body vibration Frequency-weighted effective vibration acceleration Range: (0,04 – 100) m/s² Direct measurement method PN-EN 14253+A1:2011
21 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)
22 Workplace environment – hand-arm vibration Frequency-weighted effective vibration acceleration Range: (0,1–100) 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
23 Workplace environment – hand-arm vibration Daily exposure, expressed as the energy-equivalent for 8 hours of the vector sum of the r.m.s., frequency-weighted vibration accelerations, determined for the three directional components (a , a , a ) hwx hwy hwz Exposure lasting 30 minutes and less, expressed as the vector sum of the r.m.s., frequency-weighted vibration accelerations, determined for the three directional components (a , a , a ) (calculated) hwx hwy hwz
24 Workplace environment – cold microclimate Air temperature Range: (-30 – 10) °C Blackened globe temperature Range: (-30 – 15) °C Air humidity Range: (20 – 90) % Air velocity Range: (0,15 – 5) m/s Direct measurement method PN-EN ISO 11079:2008
25 Workplace environment – cold microclimate t wc index IREQ min index IREQ neutral index (calculated)
26 Workplace environment – moderate microclimate Air temperature Range: (10 – 30) °C Blackened globe temperature Range: (10 – 30) °C Air humidity Range: (20 – 90) % Air velocity Range: (0,15 – 5) m/s Direct measurement method PN-EN ISO 7730:2006
27 Workplace environment – moderate microclimate PMV index PPD index (calculated)
28 Workplace environment – hot microclimate Air temperature Range: (10 – 60) °C Blackened globe temperature Range: (10 – 60) °C Natural wet bulb temperature Range: (10 – 50) °C Direct measurement method PN-EN ISO 7243:2018-01
29 Workplace environment – hot microclimate WBGT index WBGT eff index (calculated)
30 Workplace environment – energy expenditure Air temperature Range: (10 – 60) °C Air flow Range: (10 – 60) dm3/min. Direct measurement method IB-5.5.9 wydanie 4 z dn. 01.07.2024 r.
31 Workplace environment – energy expenditure Energy expenditure (calculated)
32 General environment - noise from installations, equipment and industrial plants A-weighted equivalent sound level Range: (24 - 135) dB Direct measurement method Nr 7 | enia Ministra Klimatu i Środowiska z dnia 07.09.2021 r. (t.j. Dz.U. 2023 | eniem pkt. F
33 General environment - noise from installations, equipment and industrial plants A-weighted equivalent sound level for reference time T expressed as L and L AeqD AeqN indices (calculated)

Reference standards (16)

IB-5.5.7 wydanie 8 z dnia 30.09.2022 r.
IB-5.5.9 wydanie 4 z dn. 01.07.2024 r.
Nr 7
PN-83/E-04040.03
PN-EN 14253+A1:2011
PN-EN 1838:2013-11 z wyłączeniem punktów 4.2.3
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 punkt 10 oraz strategię 3 punkt 11
PN-Z-04008-7:2002 + Az1:2004
PN-Z-04507:2022-05+Ap1:2022-08
PN-Z-04508:2022-05+Ap1:2022-08
enia Ministra Klimatu i Środowiska z dnia 07.09.2021 r. (t.j. Dz.U. 2023
eniem pkt. F