🇵🇱 AGENCJA OCHRONY PRACY I ŚRODOWISKA BHPE PL
EnvironmentWater & wastewaterElectronics & EMC
AGENCJA OCHRONY PRACY I ŚRODOWISKA BHPE is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 956 (Chojnów (działalność techniczna), Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 38 test methods in the following areas: Environment, Water & wastewater, Electronics & EMC. Test objects include: Workplace environment - air, Wastewater, Workplace environment - air - air samples collected on filters, Workplace environment − electromagnetic field. Most frequently used techniques: Direct measurement method, Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS), Spectrophotometric method.
At a glance
- Accreditation number: PCA AB 956
- Methods in scope: 38
- Types of test objects: 12
- Techniques used: 8
- City: Chojnów (działalność techniczna), Poland
- Accreditation number
- AB 956
- Accreditation body
- PCA
- Address
- Paweł Pacuła, LABORATORIUM HIGIENY PRACY, ul. Fabryczna 1, 59-225 Chojnów, ul. Grodzka 6, 59-225 Chojnów (działalność techniczna)
- City
- Chojnów (działalność techniczna), Poland
What this laboratory tests (12)
- Workplace environment - air — 8 methods
- Wastewater — 6 methods
- Workplace environment - air - air samples collected on filters — 5 methods
- Workplace environment − electromagnetic field — 3 methods
- General environment - noise from installations, equipment and industrial plants — 2 methods
- Wastewater, Rainwater and snowmelt water — 2 methods
- Workplace environment - hand-arm vibration — 2 methods
- Workplace environment - hot microclimate — 2 methods
- Workplace environment - moderate microclimate — 2 methods
- Workplace environment - noise — 2 methods
- Workplace environment - whole-body vibration — 2 methods
- Workplace environment − electromagnetic field in the work space (in the vicinity of power installations) — 2 methods
Analytical techniques used (8)
- Direct measurement method — 11 methods
- Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) — 5 methods
- Spectrophotometric method — 5 methods
- Gravimetric method — 3 methods
- Titrimetric method — 2 methods
- Electrochemical method — 1 method
- Personal dosimetry method — 1 method
- Potentiometric method — 1 method
Accreditation scope — test methods (38)
| No. | Test object | Methodology / Parameters | Technique | Reference document | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test methods | |||||
| 1 | Workplace environment - air | Sampling for the assessment of occupational exposure to: dust agents inhalable fraction respirable fraction organic substances, including inhalable fraction inorganic substances, including inhalable fraction respirable fraction thoracic fraction metals and their compounds, including inhalable fraction respirable fraction respirable fibres |
Personal dosimetry method | PN-Z-04008-07:2002+Az1:2004 | |
| 2 | Workplace environment - air | Exposure index (calculated) | PN-Z-04008-07:2002+Az1:2004 | ||
| 3 | Workplace environment - air | Ammonia concentration Range (1,1 - 52) mg/m3 |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-71/Z-04041 | |
| 4 | Workplace environment - air | Carbon monoxide concentration Range (2,3 - 117) mg/m3 |
Electrochemical method | IT/F-05 wydanie 6 z dnia 31.07.2023 r. | |
| 5 | Workplace environment - air | Nitrogen dioxide concentration Range (0,07 - 3,6) mg/m3 |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-Z-04009-11:2008 | |
| 6 | Workplace environment - air | Nitrogen oxide concentration Range (0,15 - 6,3) mg/m3 |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-Z-04009-11:2008 | |
| 7 | Workplace environment - air | Concentration of harmful dust agents - inhalable fraction: portland cement titanium dioxide natural graphite synthetic graphite kaolin wood dusts flour dusts dusts not classified according to toxicity organic dusts of animal and plant origin, excluding wood and flour dusts calcium sulfate(VI) (gypsum) carbon black talc coal (hard, brown) calcium magnesium carbonate (dolomite) Range (0,15 - 17,01) mg/m3 |
Gravimetric method | PN-Z-04507:2022-05 | PN-Z-04507:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08 | |
| 8 | Workplace environment - air | Concentration of harmful dust agents - respirable fraction: portland cement natural graphite organic dusts of animal and plant origin, excluding wood and flour dusts talc coal (hard, brown) Range (0,10 - 4,54) mg/m3 |
Gravimetric method | PN-Z-04508:2022-05 | PN-Z-04508:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08 | |
| 9 | Workplace environment - air - air samples collected on filters | Concentration/ content of manganese and its inorganic compounds calculated as Mn inhalable fraction respirable fraction Range (0,003 - 0,68) mg/m3 Range (0,0025 - 0,5) mg w próbce |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PN-Z-04472:2015-10 | PN-Z-04472:2015-10/Ap1:2015-12 | |
| 10 | Workplace environment - air - air samples collected on filters | Concentration/ content of copper and its inorganic compounds calculated as Cu Range (0,017 - 0,24) mg/m3 Range (0,0125 - 0,175) mg w próbce |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PN-79/Z-04106/02 | |
| 11 | Workplace environment - air - air samples collected on filters | Concentration/ content of iron oxides calculated as Fe Iron (III) oxide Iron (II) oxide Triiron tetraoxide inhalable fraction respirable fraction Range (0,035 - 10,4) mg/m3 Range (0,0125 - 7,5) mg w próbce |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PN-Z-04469:2015-10 | |
| 12 | Workplace environment - air - air samples collected on filters | Concentration/ content of zinc oxide calculated as Zn inhalable fraction Range (0,0035 - 10,4) mg/m3 Range (0,0025 - 7,50) mg w próbce |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PN-87/Z-04100/03 | |
| 13 | Workplace environment - air - air samples collected on filters | Concentration/ content of nickel and its compounds, except nickel tetracarbonyl calculated as Ni Range (0,003 - 0,5) mg/m3 Range (0,0025 - 0,225) mg w próbce |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PN-Z-04502:2019-10 | |
| 14 | Workplace environment - noise | A-weighted equivalent sound level Maximum A-weighted sound level Range (44 - 135) dB C-weighted peak sound pressure level Range (44 - 137) dB |
Direct measurement method | PN-N-01307:1994 | PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 z wyłączeniem metody obejmującej strategię nr 2 (pkt.10) | |
| 15 | Workplace environment - noise | Noise exposure level referred to: 8-h daily working time, the average weekly working time (calculated) |
PN-N-01307:1994 | PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 z wyłączeniem metody obejmującej strategię nr 2 (pkt.10) | ||
| 16 | Workplace environment - whole-body vibration | Frequency-weighted r.m.s. vibration acceleration Measuring range (0,1 - 10) m/s2 |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN 14253:2008+A1:2011 | |
| 17 | Workplace environment - whole-body vibration | Daily exposure, expressed as the 8-hour energy-equivalent frequency-weighted RMS vibration acceleration dominant among the vibration accelerations determined for the three directional components taking into account the appropriate coefficients (1.4awx, 1.4awy, awz), Exposure lasting 30 minutes and less, expressed as the frequency-weighted RMS vibration acceleration dominant among the vibration accelerations determined for the three directional components taking into account the appropriate coefficients (1,4awx, 1,4awy, ahwz) (calculated) | PN-EN 14253:2008+A1:2011 | ||
| 18 | Workplace environment - hand-arm vibration | Frequency-weighted r.m.s. vibration acceleration Range (0,5 - 50) 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 | |
| 19 | Workplace environment - hand-arm 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 (ahwx, ahwy, ahwz), 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 (ahwx, ahwy, ahwz) (calculated) | PN-EN ISO 5349-1:2004 | PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004 | PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004 /A1:2015-11 | ||
| 20 | Workplace environment - hot microclimate | Air temperature Range (15,0 - 40,0) 0C Natural wet bulb temperature Range (15,0 - 40,0) 0C Black globe temperature Range (15,0 - 60,0) 0C |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN ISO 7243:2018-01 | |
| 21 | Workplace environment - hot microclimate | WBGT index (calculated) | PN-EN ISO 7243:2018-01 | ||
| 22 | Workplace environment - moderate microclimate | Air temperature Range (10,0 - 30,0) °C Black globe temperature Range (10,0 - 40,0) °C Air humidity Range (25,0 - 75,0) % Air velocity Range (0,2 - 9,0) m/s |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN ISO 7730:2006 | PN-EN ISO 7730:2006 +Ap2:2016-04 | |
| 23 | Workplace environment - moderate microclimate | PMV index, PPD index (calculated) | PN-EN ISO 7730:2006 | PN-EN ISO 7730:2006 +Ap2:2016-04 | ||
| 24 | General environment - noise from installations, equipment and industrial plants | A-weighted equivalent sound pressure level Range (30 - 135) dB |
Direct measurement method | Załącznik nr 7 do rozporządzenia Ministra Klimatu i Środowiska z dnia 07.09.2021 r. (t. j. Dz.U. 2023 poz. 1706) - z wyłączeniem punktu F | |
| 25 | General environment - noise from installations, equipment and industrial plants | A-weighted equivalent sound level over the reference time T expressed by the indicators, LAeqD and LAeqN (calculated) | Załącznik nr 7 do rozporządzenia Ministra Klimatu i Środowiska z dnia 07.09.2021 r. (t. j. Dz.U. 2023 poz. 1706) - z wyłączeniem punktu F | ||
| 26 | Workplace environment − electromagnetic field in the work space (in the vicinity of power installations) | Electric field strength in the frequency range 45 - 55Hz Range (0,1 - 40) kV/m |
Direct measurement method | Podstawy i Metody Oceny Środowiska Pracy 2016, nr 4 (90), s. 91 – 150 | |
| 27 | Workplace environment − electromagnetic field in the work space (in the vicinity of power installations) | Magnetic field strength in the frequency range 45 - 55 Hz Range (0,25 - 10000) A/m |
Direct measurement method | Podstawy i Metody Oceny Środowiska Pracy 2016, nr 4 (90), s. 91 – 150 | |
| 28 | Workplace environment − electromagnetic field | Electric field strength in the frequency range 10 Hz – 1 MHz Range 1,4 V/m - 48 kV/m |
Direct measurement method | PN-T-06580-3:2002 IT-PEM-04 z dnia 18.03.2021 r. | |
| 29 | Workplace environment − electromagnetic field | Magnetic field strength in the frequency range 10 Hz – 1 MHz Range (0,15 - 10000) A/m |
Direct measurement method | PN-T-06580-3:2002 IT-PEM-04 z dnia 18.03.2021 r. | |
| 30 | Workplace environment − electromagnetic field | Magnetic flux density in the frequency range 0 Hz Range (0,07 - 40,8) mT |
Direct measurement method | PN-T-06580-3:2002 IT-PEM-04 z dnia 18.03.2021 r. | |
| 31 | Wastewater | pH Range (4,0 - 10,0) |
Potentiometric method | PN-EN ISO 10523:2012 | |
| 32 | Wastewater | Biochemical oxygen demand BOD5 Range (3 - 500) mg/dm302 |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN 1899-1:2002 | |
| 33 | Wastewater | Nitrite nitrogen concentration Range (0,010 - 15) mg/dm3 |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN 26777:1999 | |
| 34 | Wastewater | Total nitrogen concentration (calculated) | IT-13 wydanie 1 z dnia 26.06.2014 r. | ||
| 35 | Wastewater | Chemical oxygen demand COD – Cr Range (30 - 2000) mg/dm3 O2 |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 6060:2006 | |
| 36 | Wastewater | Ammonium nitrogen concentration Range (0,050 - 200) mg/dm3 |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-ISO 7150-1:2002 | |
| 37 | Wastewater, Rainwater and snowmelt water | Sampling for chemical and physical testing | PN ISO 5667-10:2021-11 | ||
| 38 | Wastewater, Rainwater and snowmelt water | Total suspended solids (TSS) Range (3,0 - 920) mg/dm3 |
Gravimetric method | PN-EN 872:2007+Ap1:2007 | |
Reference standards (34)
IT-13 wydanie 1 z dnia 26.06.2014 r.
IT/F-05 wydanie 6 z dnia 31.07.2023 r.
PN ISO 5667-10:2021-11
PN-71/Z-04041
PN-79/Z-04106/02
PN-87/Z-04100/03
PN-EN 14253:2008+A1:2011
PN-EN 1899-1:2002
PN-EN 26777:1999
PN-EN 872:2007+Ap1:2007
PN-EN ISO 10523:2012
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-EN ISO 7730:2006 +Ap2:2016-04
PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 z wyłączeniem metody obejmującej strategię nr 2 (pkt.10)
PN-ISO 6060:2006
PN-ISO 7150-1:2002
PN-N-01307:1994
PN-T-06580-3:2002 IT-PEM-04 z dnia 18.03.2021 r.
PN-Z-04008-07:2002+Az1:2004
PN-Z-04009-11:2008
PN-Z-04469:2015-10
PN-Z-04472:2015-10
PN-Z-04472:2015-10/Ap1:2015-12
PN-Z-04502:2019-10
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 2016, nr 4 (90), s. 91 – 150
Załącznik nr 7 do rozporządzenia Ministra Klimatu i Środowiska z dnia 07.09.2021 r. (t. j. Dz.U. 2023 poz. 1706) - z wyłączeniem punktu F