OSHA RESPIRATOR MEDICAL EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE
(MANDATORY)
The employer must allow you to answer this questionnaire during normal working hours, or at the time and place that is convenient to you. To maintain your confidentiality, your employer or supervisor must not look at or review your answers, and your employer must tell you how to deliver or send this questionnaire to the health care professional who will review it.
Part A. Section 1. (Mandatory) The following information must be provided by every employee who has been selected to use any type or respirator (please print).
Can you read (circle one) Yes / No
1. Today’s Date:
2. Your name:
3. Your age:
4. Sex (circle one): Male / Female
5. Your height: ft. in.
6. Your weight: lbs.
7. Your job title:
8. A phone number where you can be reached by the health care professional who will review this questionnaire (including the area code):
9. The best time to phone you at this number:
10. Has your employer told you how to contact the health care professional who will review this questionnaire? (circle one) Yes / No
11. Check the type of respirator you will use (you can check more than one category):
N, R, or P disposable respirator (filter-mask, non-cartridge type only)
Other type (for example, half or full face-piece type, powered-air purifying, supplied-air, self-contained breathing apparatus).
12. Have you worn a respirator (circle one): Yes / One
If yes, what type(s):
Part A. Section 2. (Mandatory) Questions 1 through 9 below must be answered by every employee who has been selected to use any type of respirator (circle Yes / No).
1. Do you currently smoke tobacco, or have you smoked tobacco in the last month: Yes / No
2. Have you ever had any of the following conditions?
a. Seizures (fits): Yes / No
b. Diabetes (sugar disease): Yes / No
c. Allergic reactions that interfere with your breathing: Yes / No
d. Claustrophobia (fear of closed-in places): Yes / No
e. Trouble smelling odors: Yes / No
3. Have you ever had any of the following pulmonary or lung problems?
a. Asbestos: Yes / No
b. Asthma: Yes / No
c. Chronic bronchitis: Yes / No
d. Emphysema: Yes / No
e. Pneumonia: Yes / No
f. Tuberculosis: Yes / No
g. Silicosis: Yes / No
h. Pneumothorax (collapsed lung): Yes / No
i. Lung cancer: Yes / No
j. Broken ribs: Yes / No
k. Any chest injuries or surgeries: Yes / No
l. Any other lung problem that you’ve been told about: Yes / No
4. Do you currently have any of the following symptoms of pulmonary or lung illness?
a. Shortness of breath: Yes / No
b. Shortness of breath when walking fast on level ground
or walking up a slight hill or incline: Yes / No
c. Shortness of breath when walking with other people
at an ordinary pace on level ground: Yes / No
d. Have to stop for breath when walking at your own pace
on level ground: Yes / No
e. Shortness of breath when washing or dressing yourself: Yes / No
f. Shortness of breath that interferes with your job: Yes / No
g. Coughing that produces phlegm (thick sputum): Yes / No
h. Coughing that wakes you early in the morning: Yes / No
i. Coughing that occurs mostly when you are lying down: Yes / No
j. Coughing up blood in the last month: Yes / No
k. Wheezing: Yes / No
l. Wheezing that interferes with your job: Yes / No
m. Chest pain when you breathe deeply: Yes / No
n. Any other symptoms that you think may be related to
lung problems: Yes / No
5. Have you ever had any of the following cardiovascular or heart problems?
a. Heart Attack: Yes / No
b. Stroke: Yes / No
c. Angina: Yes / No
d. Heart failure: Yes / No
e. Swelling in your legs or feet (not caused by walking): Yes / No
f. Heart arrhythmia (heart beating irregularly): Yes / No
g. High blood pressure: Yes / No
h. Any other heart problem that you’ve been told about: Yes / No
6. Have you ever had any of the following cardiovascular or heart symptoms?
a. Frequent pain or tightness in your chest: Yes / No
b. Pain or tightness in you chest during physical activity: Yes / No
c. Pain and tightness in your chest that interferes with your job: Yes / No
d. In the past two years, have you noticed your heart skipping
or missing a beat: Yes / No
e. Heartburn or indigestion that is not related to eating: Yes / No
f. Any other symptoms that you think may be related
to heart or circulation problems: Yes / No
7. Do you currently take medication for any of the following problems?
a. Breathing or lung problems: Yes / No
b. Heart trouble: Yes / No
c. Blood pressure: Yes / No
d. Seizures (fits): Yes / No
8. If you’ve used a respirator, have you ever had any of the following problems?
a. Eye irritation: Yes / No
b. Skin allergies: Yes / No
c. Anxiety: Yes / No
d. General weakness or fatigue: Yes / No
e. Any other problem that interferes with your use
of a respirator: Yes / No
9. Would you like to talk to the health care professional who will
review this questionnaire about your answers? Yes / No
10. Have you ever lost vision in either eye (temporarily or permanently)? Yes / No
11. Do you currently have any of the following vision problems?
a. Wear contact lenses: Yes / No
b. Wear glasses: Yes / No
c. Color blind: Yes / No
d. Any other eye or vision problem: Yes / No
12. Have you ever had an injury to your ears, including a broken
ear drum? Yes / No
13. Do you currently have any of the following hearing problems?
a. Difficulty hearing: Yes / No
b. Wear hearing aid: Yes / No
c. Any other hearing or ear problem: Yes / No
14. Have you ever had a back injury? Yes / No
15. Do you currently have any of the following musculosketal problems?
a. Weakness in any of your arms, hands, legs, or feet: Yes / No
b. Back pain: Yes / No
c. Difficulty fully moving your arms and legs: Yes / No
d. Pain or stiffness when you lean forward or backward
at the waste: Yes / No
e. Difficulty fully moving your head up and down: Yes / No
f. Difficulty fully moving your head side to side: Yes / No
g. Difficulty bending at your knees: Yes / No
h. Difficulty squatting to the ground: Yes / No
i. Climbing a flight of stairs or a ladder carrying more
than 25 lbs: Yes / No
j. Any other muscle or skeletal problem that interferes
with using a respirator: Yes / No