New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 11 - LABOR AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION
Chapter 5 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
Part 2 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY - GENERAL INDUSTRY
Section 11.5.2.7 - DEFINITIONS

Universal Citation: 11 NM Admin Code 11.5.2.7

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A. The provisions of 11.5.1.7 NMAC are applicable to this part.

B. Additional definitions: The following definitions, in addition to these contained in 11.5.1.7 NMAC and the state act, are applicable to this section:

(1) "ANSI" means American national standards institute;

(2) "approved" means tested and listed as satisfactory by the bureau of mines of the United States department of interior, or jointly by the MSHA and NIOSH;

(3) "confined space" means an enclosure, usually having limited means of access or egress, or both, and poor natural ventilation, which may contain hazardous contaminants or be oxygen deficient, including but not limited to a storage tank, process tank, tank car, boiler, duct, sewer, tunnel, pipeline, pit or tube;

(4) "contaminant" means a harmful, irritating or nuisance material that is foreign to the normal atmosphere;

(5) "controlled breathing" means the ability of the wearer of an SCBA to maintain a breathing rate that is near normal for the activities being performed;

(6) "corrective lens" means a lens ground to the wearer's individual corrective prescription;

(7) "dB" means decibel(s), a unit for measuring the relative loudness of sounds equal approximately to the smallest degree of difference of loudness ordinarily detectable by the human ear;

(8) "education" means the process of imparting knowledge or skill through systematic instruction, whether or not through formal classroom instruction;

(9) "exhalation valve" means a device that allows exhaled air to leave a facepiece and prevents outside air from entering through the valve;

(10) "eyepiece" means a gas-tight, transparent window or lens in a full facepiece through which the wearer can see;

(11) "face shield" means a heat and flame resistant device worn in front of the eyes and face, the predominant function of which is protection of the wearer's eyes and face;

(12) "firefighter" means an individual who is assigned to firefighting activity, and is required to respond to alarms and performs emergency action at the location of a fire or fire danger;

(13) "firefighting activity" means physical action taken in the direct act of fire suppression, and rescue or hazardous duties performed at the location of a fire emergency and supportive activities related to firefighting;

(14) "fire department" means a paid or volunteer service group organized and trained for the prevention and control of loss of life and property from any fire or disaster;

(15) "full facepiece" means the portion of an SCBA covering the wearer's nose, mouth, and eyes and designed to make a gas-tight fit with the face, including the head harness, exhalation valves, and connections for a source of respirable gas;

(16) "gas" means an aeriform fluid that is in the gaseous state at standard temperature and pressure;

(17) "hazardous atmosphere" means any atmosphere, whether or not immediately dangerous to life or health, that is oxygen deficient or that contains a toxic or disease-producing contaminant;

(18) "hazardous substance" means a substance which by reason of being explosive, flammable, poisonous, corrosive, oxidizing, irritant or otherwise harmful, is likely to cause injury;

(19) "Hg" means the element mercury;

(20) "head harness" means a device for holding the facepiece securely in place on the wearer's head;

(21) "health professional" means a licensed physician, registered nurse, practical nurse, or certified emergency medical technician;

(22) "helmet" means a head protective device consisting of a shell, energy absorption system, and chin strap intended to be worn to provide protection for the head or portions thereof, against impact, flying or falling objects, electric shock, penetrations, heat and flame;

(23) "Hz" means hertz, a unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second;

(24) "immediately dangerous to life or health" means posing an immediate hazard to life or producing immediate irreversible effects on health that may be debilitating;

(25) "inhalation valve" means a device that allows respirable air or oxygen to enter the facepiece and prevents exhaled air or oxygen from leaving the facepiece through the intake opening;

(26) "MSHA" means the mine safety and health administration of the United States department of labor;

(27) "negative-pressure type apparatus" means an open or closed-circuit apparatus in which the pressure inside the facepiece, in relation to the immediate environment, is positive during exhalation and negative during inhalation;

(28) "NIOSH" means the national institute for occupational safety and health of the United States department of health and human services;

(29) "NFPA" means national fire protection association;

(30) "overhaul" means:
(a) the final stages of fire control, following suppression of the main body of fire, during which smoke conditions and visibility gradually improve and pockets of fire are sought out to complete extinguishment, searching for victims continues, and salvage operations may be carried out; or

(b) in a situation other than fire, the cleanup stage following the elimination of the emergency phase of the incident;

(31) "oxygen-deficient atmosphere" means an atmosphere that causes an oxygen partial pressure of 100 millimeters of mercury or less in the freshly inspired air saturated with water vapor in the upper portion of the lungs;

(32) "positive-pressure apparatus" means an open- or closed-circuit apparatus in which the pressure inside the facepiece in relation to the immediate environment is positive during both inhalation and exhalation;

(33) "provide" means to furnish, supply or to make arrangements for monetary reimbursement;

(34) "qualitative SCBA fitting test" means a fitting test in which the person wearing an SCBA is exposed to an irritant smoke, an odorous vapor, or another suitable test agent;

(35) "quantitative SCBA fitting test" means a fitting test in which a person wears an SCBA in a test atmosphere containing a test agent in the form of an aerosol, vapor, or gas, and instrumentation that samples the test atmosphere and the air inside the facepiece of the SCBA is used to measure quantitatively the penetration of the test agent into the facepiece;

(36) "sanitization" means the removal of dirt and the inhibiting of the action of agents that cause infection or disease;

(37) "SCBA" means self-contained breathing apparatus, which is a portable device that includes the supply of respirable breathing gas for the firefighter, but does not include a rebreather;

(38) "smoke" means the products of incomplete combustion or organic substances in the form of solid and liquid particles and gaseous products in air;

(39) "speaking diaphragm" means a device integral with the facepiece, designed to improve direct voice communication;

(40) "structural firefighting" means physical activity of fire suppression, rescue or both, of buildings or structures that are involved in a fire situation beyond the incipient stage; and

(41) "training" means the process of making proficient through instruction and hands-on practice in the operation of equipment, including respiratory protection equipment, that is expected to be used in the performance of assigned duties.

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