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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The air to which a person is exposed, whether indoor or outdoor, during the hours of work at the person's workplace.  2, record 1, English, - workplace%20air

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Workplace air is monitored for overall dust levels and for specific components of the dust to determine compliance with occupational and workplace standards established by regulatory bodies for worker health protection.  3, record 1, English, - workplace%20air

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

workplace air : designation and definition standardized by ISO.  4, record 1, English, - workplace%20air

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Air auquel est exposée une personne, à l'intérieur ou à l'extérieur, pendant ses heures de travail sur son lieu de travail.  2, record 1, French, - air%20du%20lieu%20de%20travail

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

air ambiant : Dans le domaine de la santé et sécurité au travail, la désignation «air ambiant» est parfois utilisée pour désigner l'air trouvé dans un lieu de travail.  4, record 1, French, - air%20du%20lieu%20de%20travail

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

air des lieux de travail : désignation et définition normalisées par l'ISO.  4, record 1, French, - air%20du%20lieu%20de%20travail

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A device used to remove airborne impurities.  3, record 2, English, - air%20cleaner

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Air cleaners are used to remove contaminants from air streams in order to comply with regulations governing discharge into the atmosphere or recirculation into the workplace. Some air cleaners are used to recover useful materials from exhaust air that can be reused in the production process.  2, record 2, English, - air%20cleaner

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Commonly used air cleaning devices include: inertia separators ...; bag filters ...; electrostatic precipitators ...; scrubbers ...; absorbers/adsorbers ... and incinerators ...  2, record 2, English, - air%20cleaner

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS

air cleaner: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).  4, record 2, English, - air%20cleaner

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

épurateur : Appareil qui sert à épurer un liquide, un gaz.  2, record 2, French, - %C3%A9purateur%20d%27air

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS

épurateur d'air : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).  3, record 2, French, - %C3%A9purateur%20d%27air

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Very generally, any moving current of air.  2, record 3, English, - air%20stream

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Air cleaners are used to remove contaminants from air streams in order to comply with regulations governing discharges into the atmosphere or recirculation into the workplace.  3, record 3, English, - air%20stream

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Mesure de la vitesse du courant d'air.  2, record 3, French, - courant%20d%27air

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Injection d'eau dans la veine d'air.  2, record 3, French, - courant%20d%27air

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

courant (en physique) : Nom générique donné à des écoulements (fluide, charge électrique ou, plus généralement, grandeur continue [...])  3, record 3, French, - courant%20d%27air

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The removal of contaminated air and its replacement with clean air from the general workplace area.  2, record 4, English, - general%20ventilation

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

As used on an MSDS [material safety data sheet], general ventilation, also known as dilution ventilation, is the removal of contaminated air from the general area and the bringing in of clean air. This dilutes the amount of contaminant in the work environment. General ventilation is usually suggested for non-hazardous materials.  2, record 4, English, - general%20ventilation

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

As opposed to local ventilation, which is specific air changing in the immediate air of a contamination source. An example of local ventilation is a laboratory fume hood.  2, record 4, English, - general%20ventilation

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Aux fins des FTSS [fiche technique sur la sécurité des substances], la ventilation générale, également connue sous le nom de ventilation par dilution, consiste à évacuer l'air contaminé d'une pièce et à le remplacer par de l'air frais, ce qui réduit la quantité de contaminant qui se trouve dans l'air du milieu de travail. La ventilation générale sert ordinairement dans les cas où il s'agit de substances non dangereuses.  3, record 4, French, - ventilation%20avec%20apport%20d%27air%20neuf

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Le terme «ventilation par dilution» nous parait très douteux, «dilution» signifiant l'action de délayer dans un liquide, ou encore de diminuer la force de quelque chose en la dispersant, la fragmentant.  4, record 4, French, - ventilation%20avec%20apport%20d%27air%20neuf

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Ventilación general: conocida también como ventilación de dilución. Puede ser de dos tipos: ventilación de suministro de aire o ventilación de extracción.  4, record 4, Spanish, - ventilaci%C3%B3n%20general

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Si los contaminantes generados en un lugar de trabajo han de ser controlados ventilando todo el recinto, hablamos de ventilación general.  3, record 4, Spanish, - ventilaci%C3%B3n%20general

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 3 CONT

La ventilación por dilución tiene por objeto mezclar al máximo el aire que se introduce mecánicamente con todo el aire ya existente, de modo que la concentración de un determinado contaminante sea los más uniforme posible en todo el espacio [...]  3, record 4, Spanish, - ventilaci%C3%B3n%20general

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 4 CONT

Evacuar los agentes cancerígenos en origen, mediante extracción localizada o, cuando ello no sea técnicamente posible, por ventilación general, en condiciones que no supongan un riesgo para la salud pública y el medio ambiente.  5, record 4, Spanish, - ventilaci%C3%B3n%20general

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

[Algunos autores aducen que,] aunque las expresiones ventilación general y ventilación por dilución se han considerado sinónimas durante muchos años, en la actualidad ya no es así, debido a una nueva estrategia de ventilación general: la ventilación por desplazamiento.  3, record 4, Spanish, - ventilaci%C3%B3n%20general

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A Transport Canada’s poster title, number TP-13564.  2, record 5, English, - Communicate%20Your%20Occupational%20Safety%20and%20Health%20%28OSH%29%20Concerns%21

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 OBS

The poster was designed to advise air operators and their employees how to communicate their workplace occupational health and safety concerns.  3, record 5, English, - Communicate%20Your%20Occupational%20Safety%20and%20Health%20%28OSH%29%20Concerns%21

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Titre d'une affiche de Transports Canada, numéro TP-13564.  2, record 5, French, - Communiquez%20vos%20pr%C3%A9occupations%20en%20mati%C3%A8re%20de%20s%C3%A9curit%C3%A9%20et%20de%20sant%C3%A9%20au%20travail%20%28SST%29%21

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 OBS

L'affiche a été désignée pour aviser les exploitants aériens et leurs employés à communiquer leurs préoccupations en santé et sécurité dans leur milieu de travail.  3, record 5, French, - Communiquez%20vos%20pr%C3%A9occupations%20en%20mati%C3%A8re%20de%20s%C3%A9curit%C3%A9%20et%20de%20sant%C3%A9%20au%20travail%20%28SST%29%21

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Ventilation is the movement of air. One of the main purposes of ventilation is to remove contaminated air from the workplace. There are several different kinds of ventilation.([including] general ventilation, local exhaust ventilation, mechanical ventilation and natural ventilation.)  2, record 6, English, - ventilation

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Technique ou installation permettant de ventiler.  2, record 6, French, - ventilation

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

ventiler : Faire circuler l'air dans une ambiance, soit en puisant de l'air extérieur ou conditionné, soit en extrayant l'air pollué, ou en combinant les deux actions.  2, record 6, French, - ventilation

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Ne pas confondre avec aération, nom généralement donné à la ventilation quand elle est naturelle.  2, record 6, French, - ventilation

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

En materia de higiene industrial, la ventilación tiene por objeto cambiar el aire viciado de los centros de trabajo por aire libre o preparado artificialmente, cuya composición esté exenta de gases, polvos y vapores tóxicos y peligrosos.  1, record 6, Spanish, - ventilaci%C3%B3n

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Health Canada, Environmental and Workplace Health. The Air Health Effects Division provides scientific leadership and expert advice in the management of research, risk assessment and development of policies, positions, programs and regulatory options to manage the risk of health hazards associated with air pollutants.  1, record 7, English, - Air%20Health%20Effects%20Division

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Santé Canada, Santé de l'environnement et du milieu de travail. La Division des effets de l'air sur la santé exerce un leadership scientifique et fournit des conseils d'expert en matière de gestion de la recherche, d'évaluation des risques, d'élaboration de politiques, de positions, de programmes et d'options réglementaires en vue de gérer les risques pour la santé liés aux polluants atmosphériques.  1, record 7, French, - Division%20des%20effets%20de%20l%27air%20sur%20la%20sant%C3%A9

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Individual monitoring.... Area monitoring.(a) Measurements of radioactivity concentrations in the ambient air of the workplace shall be performed as follows :(1) Air sampling shall be performed in occupied areas where, under typical conditions, an individual is likely to receive an annual intake of 2 percent or more of the specified ALI [annual limit of intake] values.  3, record 8, English, - area%20monitoring

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS

As opposed to "individual monitoring." Compare with "indoor (air) pollution monitoring."  4, record 8, English, - area%20monitoring

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 2 OBS

area monitoring: Strictly speaking, this term has a broader sense than "work area monitoring," but it is often used in this short form to designate "work area monitoring" in the field of occupational safety; it can be used if the context is clear enough.  4, record 8, English, - area%20monitoring

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS

surveillance de l'atmosphère : Ce terme est une forme elliptique des expressions plus complètes «surveillance de l'atmosphère dans une zone de travail déterminée», «dans une ambiance déterminée», «dans une aire de travail déterminée». On peut l'utiliser si le contexte est suffisamment clair.  2, record 8, French, - surveillance%20de%20l%27atmosph%C3%A8re

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The treated air is introduced directly to the seat or workplace. There are two different processes for this, [floor level and desktop level].  1, record 9, English, - displacement%20airflow

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Suggested or Regulated Limits.... Air. Although workplace limits have been set(the 8-hour TLV is 1050 mg/m³), no environmental recommendations have been specifically made.  2, record 10, English, - workplace%20limit

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Compare with "threshold limit value", "threshold limit value at place of work" and "maximum permissible concentration".  3, record 10, English, - workplace%20limit

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Limites maximales admissibles. [...] Qualité de l'air. - La teneur limite aux postes de travail, ou TLV [voir cette fiche], est fixée à 1050 mg/m³ (pour huit heures), mais aucune teneur limite en matière de pollution atmosphérique n'a été recommandée.  4, record 10, French, - concentration%20maximale%20admissible%20dans%20les%20ambiances%20professionnelles

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 11,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A maximum limit of exposure to an air contaminant.  2, record 11, English, - exposure%20limit

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The following contexts show that depending on the situation, an "exposure limit" does not always refer to a concentration.  3, record 11, English, - exposure%20limit

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 CONT

... a guide for the evaluation of human exposure to whole-body vibration ... provides ... limits ... for the preservation of health or safety - so-called exposure limits - which should not be exceeded ...  4, record 11, English, - exposure%20limit

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 2 CONT

An exposure limit is the concentration of a chemical in the workplace air to which most people can be exposed without experiencing harmful effects.  5, record 11, English, - exposure%20limit

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Exposure limits have different names and different meanings depending on who developed them and whether or not they are legal limits. For example, Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) are exposure guidelines developed by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH). They have been adopted by several Canadian governments as their legal limits. Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs) are legal exposure limits in the United States.  5, record 11, English, - exposure%20limit

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 3 OBS

There are three different types of exposure limits in common use: - Time-weighted average (TWA) exposure limit .... - Short-term exposure limit (STEL) .... - Ceiling (C) exposure limit ....  5, record 11, English, - exposure%20limit

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Pour estimer la vibration globale du corps (...) la norme [ISO 2631-1978 (F] (...) permet d'évaluer (...) les risques pour la santé et la sécurité des travailleurs. La valeur proposée correspond (...) au concept de valeur limite d'exposition (VLE) adopté en hygiène du travail puisqu'elle détermine le niveau d'accélération en fonction de la fréquence et de la durée qui ne doit pas être dépassé (...) On peut la décrire comme une limite d'intégrité physique et elle est désignée dans les graphiques comme "limite d'exposition".  2, record 11, French, - limite%20d%27exposition

Record 11,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Límite de exposición admisible.  1, record 11, Spanish, - l%C3%ADmite%20de%20exposici%C3%B3n

Record 12,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A concentration in the workplace air to which most people can be exposed without experiencing harmful effects.  3, record 12, English, - occupational%20exposure%20limit

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS

There are three different types of exposure limits in common use: TWA (Time-weighted average), STEL (Short-term exposure limit) and C (ceiling) exposure limit. See also "TLV" (Threshold limit value) and "TLV at place of work" in Termium.  4, record 12, English, - occupational%20exposure%20limit

Record 12,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Valeur seuil (de tolérance) à l'exposition professionnelle.  3, record 12, French, - limite%20d%27exposition%20en%20milieu%20de%20travail

Record 12,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 13,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 DEF

All external circumstances, conditions and objects that affect the development, operation and maintenance of a computer system. It includes such factors as air, temperature, humidity, lighting, and a suitable workplace.  3, record 13, English, - computing%20environment

Record 13,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Ensemble de tous les facteurs extérieurs au système pouvant affecter son fonctionnement, notamment l'air, la température, l'humidité, la poussière, l'électricité statique, l'éclairage et les caractéristiques du poste de travail.  3, record 13, French, - environnement%20informatique

Record 13,  Textual support,  Spanish