Notices to Readers
Occupational Safety and Health Guidelines for Chemical Hazards
CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) has issued two supplements to the NIOSH/OSHA Occupational
Health Guidelines for Chemical Hazards (1). Both supplements are
entitled Occupational Safety and Health Guidelines for Chemical
Hazards (2,3)*; they contain 65 additional guidelines useful to
workers, employers, and occupational safety and health
professionals. Each guideline includes the chemical name;
synonyms; chemical and physical properties; exposure limits;
signs and symptoms of exposure; and recommendations for medical
mon itoring, respiratory and personal protective equipment, and
control procedures. The recommendations reflect good industrial
hygiene and medical monitoring practices that will enhance
worker-protection programs if they are implemented by employers.
The guidelines will be updated as new information becomes
available. These recommendations should be understood as general
approaches to addressing chemical hazards. They do not provide
specific guidelines for achieving compliance with occupational
safety and health regulations.
The 1981 publication is a three-volume set that was originally
distributed in ringed binders. Each guideline from the new
supplements can be inserted at the appropriate place in that
original set.
Reported by: Div of Standards Development and Technology
Transfer, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
CDC.
References
NIOSH. NIOSH/OSHA occupational health guidelines for chemical
hazards. Cincinnati, Ohio: US Department of Health and Human
Services, Public Health Service, CDC, 1981; DHHS publication no.
(NIOSH)81-123.
NIOSH. Occupational safety and health guidelines for chemical
hazards. Cincinnati, Ohio: US Department of Health and Human
Services, Public Health Service, CDC, 1988; DHHS publication no.
(NIOSH)88-118, suppl I-OHG.
NIOSH. Occupational safety and health guidelines for chemical
hazards. Cincinnati, Ohio: US Department of Health and Human
Services, Public Health Service, CDC, 1988; DHHS publication no.
(NIOSH)89-104, suppl II-OHG.
*Single copies of the supplements are available without charge
from the Publications Dissemination Section, DSDTT, National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, CDC, 4676 Columbia
Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226; telephone (513) 533-8287. Copies
of the original three-volume set of NIOSH/OSHA Occupational
Health Guidelines for Chemical Hazards (NTIS no.
PB-81-167-710/A20) can be obtained from the National Technical
Information Service, Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161.
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