Withdrawal of respirator approval

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http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/usernotices/pdfs/CRIcertVoid-062306.pdf

RESPIRATOR USERS NOTICE

Subject: Crews, Inc. Models RPN951 and RPN952 Filtering Facepiece

Respirators

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

wishes to inform respirator

users that the NIOSH certificates of approval TC-84A-4171 and

TC-84A-4172 for the Models

RPN951 and RPN952 filtering facepiece respirators are null and

void.

NIOSH is voiding these certificates of approval because there were false

and material

misstatements in the applications submitted to NIOSH for the approval of

these respirators and

these approvals should not have been issued.

Models RPN951 and RPN952 filtering facepieces do not have a NIOSH

certificate of approval

and should not be used in workplaces requiring a NIOSH approved or

NIOSH-certified

respirator. Respirators bearing these approval numbers may no longer be

manufactured,

assembled, sold, or distributed.

If you have questions regarding any of these respirators that you

purchased, please contact Crews, Inc.

For more information regarding this User’s Notice, please call the

Technology Evaluation Branch at

.

Sincerely,

Heinz W. Ahlers

Chief, Technology Evaluation Branch

National Personal Protective Technology Lab

Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC)

National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health (NIOSH)

National Personal Protective

Technology Laboratory (NPPTL)

P.O. Box 18070

Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0070

Phone:

Fax: