Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Carbon Tetrachloride [1975]

Details

• Journal Article:
  Industrial Hygiene Newsletter
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A review is presented of the history, use, properties, and toxicity of carbon tetrachloride, with emphasis on the need for preventive steps against poisoning by the compound. Safety precautions include warnings to workers, proper engineering controls and adequate ventilation. The threshold limit of the solvent in industry accepted in 1948 by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists is 50 ppm. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Carbon Tetrachloride Poisoning Environmental Exposure Hazardous Substances Hydrocarbons Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Solvents
• Keywords:
  Toxic-substances; Carbon-tetrachloride; Safety-measures; Organic-solvents; Chlorinated-hydrocarbons; Ventilation-system
• Source:
  Ind Hyg Newsl 1948 Jul; 8(7):6
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Criteria Document
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  154 pdf pages
• Volume:
  8
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00052635
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon tetrachloride (CAS RN 56-23-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1948
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Guidelines and Recommendations
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4a194ba0173a3e8feda4c19bba20098d825b8678be3aafb7df20092934aa45783a2af04741ecbf1ecafda646078f5a939699193abf16329572af2021e87375b9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/19352/cdc_19352_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.41 MB ]