Re: Sampling protocol recommendations

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We have been asked to bid a project for the US army that involves various sampling for personal exposure of workers at maintenance facilities.

Do we need to sample all the workers or just a percentage of the workers doing the same tasks (welding, brake repairs etc..) for an 8 hour period. No where in the bid does it say how many we need to sample so we are assuming that it may follow OSHA. I know we need to ask the client this ? but any help in advance would be appreciated from the group. Thanks All!

Dan

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