Design and usage of personal protection.

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• Personal Author:
  Kamin JI
• Description:
  The development of performance criteria as the basis for the design requirements of personal protective equipment is discussed. Included are head, hand, and eye protection. It is pointed out that the state of knowledge on the tolerance of human beings to assaults fRom, William N.ork place hazards is not well established. As a result, many design aspects of existing standards of personal protective equipment are unrelated to the real world hazards and, therefore, the effectiveness of the protective equipment remains questionable.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Hazardous Substances Heat Stress Disorders Hot Temperature Mining Musculoskeletal Diseases Noise Occupational Health Safety Welding
• Keywords:
  Contract-210-75-0033 Evaluations Eye-protective-equipment Hands Headgear Measurement Measurement-methods NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Contract Research Safety-engineering Safety-equipment Safety-standards Testing

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference/Symposia Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DTS - Division of Technical Services
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  85-95
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00056279
• Citation:
  Occupational health and safety symposia. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 76-136, 1976 Feb; :85-95
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8a3b5b22593f2aba8e7ad0c3a587946f4b7951f8c5747d6ec354167f4d396fd909b5125554b7318febed3f91293e1d6130365d88028c9ab2b8c4073af2b4a98f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/178764/cdc_178764_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 211.14 KB ]