Occupational exposure to phosgene

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Office of Research and Standards Development
• Description:
  "Recommendations for a phosgene standard designed to protect the health and safety of workers up to a 10-hour workday, 40-hour workweek over a working lifetime. Compliance with the standard should prevent adverse effects of phosgene on the health and safety of workers. Occupational exposure to phosgene (75445) is defined as exposure above half the recommended time-weighted average environmental limit. Topics covered include: concentration, sampling and analysis of phosgene in the workplace air
  
  annual medical examination of occupationally exposed workers
  
  personal protective equipment and clothing
  
  informing employees of phosgene hazards
  
  work practices
  
  sanitation practices
  
  biological effects of exposure according to epidemiology, animal toxicity, carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, and teratogenicity data
  
  environmental concentrations and engineering controls." - NIOSHTIC-2
  
  
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Criteria Document
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB76137
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  NIOSH Contract 099-73-0036
• Genre:
  Standards
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  vii, 129 numbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00052750
• Collection(s):
  Guidelines and Recommendations National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ef5db5f4d35eaab5a757e50614e2e0d8fe7cbe835025bc46b667365eef25a19ccf9ef124cbf832e2ba0e68f7a167c9d260cb757570a4824269abb13ebec8aff4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/19353/cdc_19353_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.08 MB ]