Walk-through survey report of New England Bio-Labs, Beverly, Massachusetts.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Elliott L ; Wallingford, Kenneth M.
• Description:
  The health hazard evaluation of New England BioLabs is reported. The company produces enzymes by fermentation and conducts recombinant DNA research. The facility, employees, and manufacturing processes are described. The safety and health, industrial hygiene, and medical programs, and physical and engineering controls are evaluated. The authors conclude that safety and health programs, medical surveillance and emergency procedures need to established and documented. Preventive maintenance schedules should be determined and good laboratory practices followed.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Metals Occupational Health Safety Spectrum Analysis
• Keywords:
  Field-Study Health-protection Health-surveys NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Occupational-medicine Region-1
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00123264
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, IWS 131-13, 1982 Feb; :1-9
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8a3b558d2295f018c7f9dc153d7485e74992530ba187c043fc24641388ea0b344b6ec823a3171273438abd5bc40dfe1f27017c4a3908293598aa20be48bba4d8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179478/cdc_179478_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 227.96 KB ]