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Chemicals / Asbestos : Asbestos control programs, health effects, abatement, technical resources, etc.Technical fact sheets, reports and procedure manuals provide answers for supervisors, building inspectors and management planners about understanding the health effects of asbestos, recognizing asbestos in buildings, implementing asbestos control programs & abatement projects, complying with OSHA and NESHAP regulatory requirements and more.
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Chemicals / Databases : Online access to an extensive number of databases on chemicalsOver 70 databases of chemical profiles, MSDS, physical properties, structures, spectrum displays, toxic health effects, environmental data, safety guidelines and more. Examples: CAGE, CCRIS,ChemID, DART, EMCI, ETICBACK, HESIS, HSDB, HSSDS, IRIS, ISSDS, LIPIDAT, NAIN, NIST databases, OPPT, RTECS, SAGE, SSDS,TOXNET, TRI, TSCATS. Chemical company directory, chemical directory and custom manufacturing & synthesis directory.
- Chemicals / Lead : Information and resources on lead and lead poisoning
Lead poisoning causes, effects and prevention. Lead in drinking water. Occupational lead poisoning and lead safety. Guidelines governing lead health and safety contractor requirements. Methods for performing lead-based paint inspections in housing. Training on lead awareness. Specific elements of the OSHA lead-in-construction standard. Full text of a lead management program.
- Chemicals / TLV : PEL, TLV and STEL exposure limits for air contaminants, MRL, IDLH values, etc.
ATSDR Minimum Risk Levels (MRLs), IDLH Values - Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health Concentrations (IDLH), Biological Exposure Indices (BEI), Exposure Limits for Air Contaminants - PELs, TLVs, TWAs, and STELs exposure limits. Charts of OSHA standards 1910.119 & 1926.64 threshold quantities of chemicals. Table Z-3 Mineral Dusts 1910.1000 Table Z-2 1910,1000 Toxic and Hazardous Substances.
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Industrial Hygiene / Biosafety : Full text bloodborne pathogens programs and technical resourcesFull text of biosafety control and bloodborne pathogen programs. Large number of regulations, information sheets, and publications related to US biosafety laws. Tables of risk group classifications for bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. Working safely with research animals.
- Industrial Hygiene / Dusts : Hantavirus, histoplasmosis, silicosis and more
Resources on respirable dust health exposures, controls, illness and treatment. Examples of dusts: silica, wood dust, coal dust, washed cotton. Includes info on histoplasmosis, hantavirus, ODTS, pneumoconiosis, etc. Bird and bat excrement exposures.
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Industrial Hygiene / Fibers : Technical resources on fiberglass fibers, rock & slag wool health hazardsHealth and safety research related to building insulation fibers such as fiberglass, rock and slag wool.
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Industrial Hygiene / Hazard Communications : Full text of hazard communication programs and resourcesANSI requirements for material safety data sheets (MSDS). Chemical Right-to-Know support materials for SARA Title III and Hazard Communication Program. Comparison of DOT, HMIS, NFPA & SAF-T-DATA chemical label systems. Brochures, training materials, programs guidance on Hazard Communication. Sample written Hazard Communication programs.
- Industrial Hygiene / Occup Resp Disease : Respiratory workplace disease information
NIOSH respiratory questionnaires. Occupational asthma prevention. Air sampling, epidemiology, pulmonary function testing, etc.
- Industrial Hygiene / References : Air sampling, technical papers, etc. related to industrial hygiene
29 CFR Ch.XVII (7-1-92 Edition) Table Z-1-A. Limits for Air Contaminants. Guide for exposure sampling measuements and strategy. Full text of Appendices A, B, C, D, E, F, G to NIOSH Pocket Guide. Technical guides for engineering control, removal and disposal of asbestos & lead.
- Industrial Hygiene / Respirators : Respirator fit, full text of respiratory programs, etc.
Full text of Respiratory Protection Programs. Information on respirators and respirator programs. Selection and use of particulate respirators. Qualitative fit testing.
- Industrial Hygiene / Sampling : Technical guides on industrial hygiene air & noise sampling, monitoring, etc
Industrial Hygiene Sampling Guide. NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods (NMAM). Occupational Exposure Sampling Strategy Manual.
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Industrial Hygiene / Temperatures : Stress on the body from heat and coldAdaptive Model of Thermal Comfort. Wind chill chart. Heat stress. Extreme cold.
- Industrial Hygiene / Ventilation : Fume hoods and other ventilation technical resource information
Dilution and local exhaust ventilation for toxic or flammable gases. Fume removal. Control of smoke from medical laser procedures. Nitrous oxide administration exposure and control. HVAC design for dental and medical facilities. Fume hood safety program.
- Medicine / Pulmonary : Clinical resources on the medical treatment of pulmonary disease
Spirometry, medical treatment of asbestosis, asthma & other respiratory diseases
- OSHA / Respirators : OSHA technical resources on respiratory protection
Guidance materials for assisting with compliance to new respirator standard.
- Safety / Sandblasting : Safety procedures for safe sandblasting
Safety and health requirements for sandblasting. Description of sandblasting equipment. What you can do to control the hazards from silica. Canadian safety requirements that must be undertaken by blast operators and other crew personnel for safe sandblast cleaning.
- Biological Safety / Biosafety : Full text bloodborne pathogens programs and technical resources
Full text of biosafety control and bloodborne pathogen programs. Large number of regulations, information sheets, and publications related to US biosafety laws. Tables of risk group classifications for bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. Working safely with research animals.
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Chemical Safety / Asbestos Safety : Asbestos control programs, health effects, abatement, technical resources, etc.Technical fact sheets, reports and procedure manuals provide answers for supervisors, building inspectors and management planners about understanding the health effects of asbestos, recognizing asbestos in buildings, implementing asbestos control programs & abatement projects, complying with OSHA and NESHAP regulatory requirements and more.
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Chemical Safety / Hazcom : Full text of hazard communication programs and resourcesANSI requirements for material safety data sheets (MSDS). Chemical Right-to-Know support materials for SARA Title III and Hazard Communication Program. Comparison of DOT, HMIS, NFPA & SAF-T-DATA chemical label systems. Brochures, training materials, programs guidance on Hazard Communication. Sample written Hazard Communication programs.
- Chemical Safety / Lead Safety : Information and resources on lead and lead poisoning
Lead poisoning causes, effects and prevention. Lead in drinking water. Occupational lead poisoning and lead safety. Guidelines governing lead health and safety contractor requirements. Methods for performing lead-based paint inspections in housing. Training on lead awareness. Specific elements of the OSHA lead-in-construction standard. Full text of a lead management program.
- Chemical Safety / TLV Limits : PEL, TLV and STEL exposure limits for air contaminants, MRL, IDLH values, etc.
ATSDR Minimum Risk Levels (MRLs), IDLH Values - Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health Concentrations (IDLH), Biological Exposure Indices (BEI), Exposure Limits for Air Contaminants - PELs, TLVs, TWAs, and STELs exposure limits. Charts of OSHA standards 1910.119 & 1926.64 threshold quantities of chemicals. Table Z-3 Mineral Dusts 1910.1000 Table Z-2 1910,1000 Toxic and Hazardous Substances.
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Databases / Chemical Profiles : Online access to an extensive number of databases on chemicalsOver 70 databases of chemical profiles, MSDS, physical properties, structures, spectrum displays, toxic health effects, environmental data, safety guidelines and more. Examples: CAGE, CCRIS,ChemID, DART, EMCI, ETICBACK, HESIS, HSDB, HSSDS, IRIS, ISSDS, LIPIDAT, NAIN, NIST databases, OPPT, RTECS, SAGE, SSDS,TOXNET, TRI, TSCATS. Chemical company directory, chemical directory and custom manufacturing & synthesis directory.
- Equipment Safety / Sandblasting Safety : Safety procedures for safe sandblasting
Safety and health requirements for sandblasting. Description of sandblasting equipment. What you can do to control the hazards from silica. Canadian safety requirements that must be undertaken by blast operators and other crew personnel for safe sandblast cleaning.
- Occupational Medicine / Pulmonary : Clinical resources on the medical treatment of pulmonary disease
Spirometry, medical treatment of asbestosis, asthma & other respiratory diseases
- Respiratory Safety / Dust Inhalation : Hantavirus, histoplasmosis, silicosis and more
Resources on respirable dust health exposures, controls, illness and treatment. Examples of dusts: silica, wood dust, coal dust, washed cotton. Includes info on histoplasmosis, hantavirus, ODTS, pneumoconiosis, etc. Bird and bat excrement exposures.
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Respiratory Safety / Fiber Hazards : Technical resources on fiberglass fibers, rock & slag wool health hazardsHealth and safety research related to building insulation fibers such as fiberglass, rock and slag wool.
- Respiratory Safety / Occup Resp Disease : Respiratory workplace disease information
NIOSH respiratory questionnaires. Occupational asthma prevention. Air sampling, epidemiology, pulmonary function testing, etc.
- Respiratory Safety / OSHA Respirators : OSHA technical resources on respiratory protection
Guidance materials for assisting with compliance to new respirator standard.
- Respiratory Safety / Ventilation Safety : Fume hoods and other ventilation technical resource information
Dilution and local exhaust ventilation for toxic or flammable gases. Fume removal. Control of smoke from medical laser procedures. Nitrous oxide administration exposure and control. HVAC design for dental and medical facilities. Fume hood safety program.
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