Applying a Control-Focused Risk Management Toolkit for Chemical Exposures

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• Personal Author:
  Lentz, Thomas J.
• Description:
  Controlling occupational chemical exposures traditionally involves exposure assessment to ensure compliance with occupational exposure limits (OELs). While effective, this approach can be resource intensive (requiring sampling equipment and media, analysis, and technical expertise), and is reliant upon availability of appropriate science-based OELs. For many processes in laboratories and other workplaces, controls have documented effectiveness for maintaining airborne chemical concentrations within a certain range or band, and can be applied to different chemicals with similar hazard characteristics. This control-focused strategy, known as control banding, is a qualitative risk assessment and management tool receiving growing attention from occupational safety and health professionals. Current control banding research will be presented, including examples of hazard control guidance, demonstration projects, and communication forums exploring the utility of this approach. The origins of control banding and factors influencing its evolution, such as the global harmonization system for classification and labeling of chemicals, will also be described. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Chemistry Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Chemical-analysis Chemical-properties Chemical-reactions Control-methods Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Risk-analysis Risk-factors
• ISSN:
  0065-7727
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary ; Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2
• Volume:
  231
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031018
• Citation:
  Abstr Pap - Am Chem S 2006 Mar; 231:2
• Contact Point Address:
  Thomas J. Lentz, Education and Information Division, NIOSH/CDC, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C-32, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Email:
  TLentz@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Control Technology and Personal Protective Equipment ; Construction
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Abstracts of Papers - American Chemical Society
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191415/cdc_191415_DS1.pdf
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