Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Toluene [1973]

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Presentation of the criteria and the recommended standard based thereon which were prepared to meet the need for preventing occupational diseases arising from exposure to toluene. The proposed standard applies only to the processing, manufacture, and use of toluene in products as applicable under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. These criteria were developed to ensure that the standard based thereon would protect against development of acute and chronic toluene poisoning, be measurable by techniques that are valid, reproducible, and available to industry and governmental agencies, and be attainable with existing technology. The major problem of toluene toxicity concerns its narcotic effects on workers, causing symptoms and signs such as muscular weakness, incoordination, and mental confusion which may pose a risk to both the worker and others. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety Toluene Toxicology
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Contract; Contract-099-72-0118; Toxicology; Legislation; Safety-procedure; Work-practices; Hazardous-substances; Tolerances; Syndrome; Risks; Biological-effects; Measurement
• Source:
  Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Health Services and Mental Health Administration, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 73-11023, 1973 Jan; :1-108
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Criteria Document
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB7311023
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  HSM-99-72-0118
• Genre:
  Standards
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  ORSD - Office of Research and Standards Development
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  108 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00011548
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-222219
• CAS Registry Number:
  Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1973
• Performing Organization:
  George D. Clayton and Associates
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Guidelines and Recommendations
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:347d1ff749e0d25d658eafb23807e759df25b23130077ff0b4c41a4ef1ae4620043aef7a0b00f2c42b2fb4e5b44142bc6657a2b47a5ea60926ed43ea832e79b0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/19331/cdc_19331_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.50 MB ]