🇵🇱 POLITECHNIKA WROCŁAWSKA PL

PCA AB 905 • Wrocław, Poland • 15 methods

EnvironmentConstruction

POLITECHNIKA WROCŁAWSKA is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 905 (Wrocław, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 15 test methods in the following areas: Environment, Construction. Test objects include: Workplace environment – air, General environment – noise from installations, equipment and indus…, Workplace environment – hand-arm vibration, Workplace environment – noise. Most frequently used techniques: Direct measurement method, Direct measurement method; Sampling method, Gravimetric method.

At a glance

  • Accreditation number: PCA AB 905
  • Methods in scope: 15
  • Types of test objects: 6
  • Techniques used: 5
  • City: Wrocław, Poland
Accreditation number
AB 905
Accreditation body
PCA
Address
WYDZIAŁ GEOINŻYNIERII, GÓRNICTWA I GEOLOGII, ul. Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, LABORATORIUM BEZPIECZEŃSTWA PRACY
City
Wrocław, Poland

What this laboratory tests (6)

Analytical techniques used (5)

Laboratory locations

Accreditation scope — test methods (15)

No. Test object Methodology / Parameters Technique Reference document
Occupational Safety Laboratory
1 Workplace environment – air Sampling for the assessment of occupational exposure to:
dust agents – inhalable fraction – respirable fraction inorganic substances – respirable fraction respirable asbestos fibres respirable man-made mineral fibres excluding refractory ceramic fibres refractory ceramic fibres refractory ceramic fibres mixed with other man-made mineral fibres
Personal dosimetry method PN-Z-04008-7:2002+Az1:2004
2 Workplace environment – air Exposure index (calculated) PN-Z-04008-7:2002+Az1:2004
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 dusts flour dusts dusts not classified according to toxicity organic dusts of animal and plant origin, excluding wood and flour dusts carbon black calcium sulfate (VI) (gypsum) talc coal (hard, brown) calcium magnesium carbonate (dolomite) silicon carbide, non-fibrous Range (0,11-20,4) mg/m3
Gravimetric method PN-Z-04507:2022-05 | 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, excluding wood and flour dusts talc coal (hard, brown) Range (0,11 – 43,8) mg/m3
Gravimetric method PN-Z-04508:2022-05 | PN-Z-04508:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08
5 Workplace environment – air Concentration/content of crystalline silica (quartz, cristobalite) – respirable fraction
Range (0,006 – 1,750) mg/m3 Range (0,005 – 0,700) mg w próbce Fourier (FT-IR)
Infrared spectrophotometry with transform Podstawy i Metody Oceny Środowiska Pracy 2012 nr 4(74) str. 117-130
6 Workplace environment – noise A-weighted equivalent sound level Maximum A-weighted sound level
Range (30 – 135) dB C-weighted peak sound pressure level Range (45 - 137) dB
Direct measurement method PN-N-01307:1994 | PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 z wyłączeniem metody obejmującej strategię 2 – pkt 10 i strategię 3 – pkt 11
7 Workplace environment – noise Noise exposure level referred to:
an 8-hour daily working time the average weekly working time (calculated)
PN-N-01307:1994 | PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 z wyłączeniem metody obejmującej strategię 2 – pkt 10 i strategię 3 – pkt 11
8 Workplace environment – ultrasonic noise Equivalent sound pressure level in one-third octave bands with centre frequencies from 10 kHz to 40 kHz Maximum sound pressure level in one-third octave bands with centre frequencies from 10 kHz to 40 kHz
Range (50 - 141) dB
Direct measurement method PN-Z-01339:2020-12
9 Workplace environment – ultrasonic noise Equivalent sound pressure level in one-third octave bands with centre frequencies from 10 kHz to 40 kHz referred to:
an 8-hour daily working time the average weekly working time (calculated)
PN-Z-01339:2020-12
10 General environment – noise from installations, equipment and industrial plants A-weighted equivalent sound level,
Range (30 – 135) dB
Direct measurement method Załącznik Nr 7 do Rozporządzenia Ministra Klimatu i Środowiska z dnia 07.09.2021 r. (tj. Dz.U.2023 poz. 1706) z wyłączeniem punktu F
11 General environment – noise from installations, equipment and industrial plants Equivalent sound level for the reference time T expressed by the indicator LAeqD and LAeqN (calculated) Załącznik Nr 7 do Rozporządzenia Ministra Klimatu i Środowiska z dnia 07.09.2021 r. (tj. Dz.U.2023 poz. 1706) z wyłączeniem punktu F
12 Workplace environment – hand-arm vibration Frequency-weighted r.m.s. vibration acceleration
Range (0,08-150) m/s2
Direct measurement method; Sampling method PN-EN ISO 5349-1:2004 | PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004 | PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004 / A1:2015
13 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 (ahwx, ahwy, ahwz), 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 (ahwx, ahwy, ahwz) (calculated) PN-EN ISO 5349-1:2004 | PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004 | PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004 / A1:2015
14 Workplace environment – whole-body vibration Frequency-weighted r.m.s. vibration acceleration
Range (0,007-150) m/s2
Direct measurement method; Sampling method PN-EN 14253+A1:2011
15 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) PN-EN 14253+A1:2011

Reference standards (14)

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
PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 z wyłączeniem metody obejmującej strategię 2 – pkt 10 i strategię 3 – pkt 11
PN-N-01307:1994
PN-Z-01339:2020-12
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
Podstawy i Metody Oceny Środowiska Pracy 2012 nr 4(74) str. 117-130
Załącznik Nr 7 do Rozporządzenia Ministra Klimatu i Środowiska z dnia 07.09.2021 r. (tj. Dz.U.2023 poz. 1706) z wyłączeniem punktu F