Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Acetylene [1976]

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Criteria document giving recommendations for an occupational exposure standard for acetylene (74862). Sections include recommendations for an acetylene standard based on environmental, medical, labeling and posting and other factors; biologic effects of exposure dealing with extent of exposure, historical reports, effects on humans, epidemiologic studies, animal toxicity, correlation of exposure and effect, and carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, and teratogenicity; environmental data; development of a standard; work practices; and research needs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Acetylene Environmental Exposure Environmental Pollution Epidemiology Explosions Explosive Agents Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety

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• Keywords:
  Safety-standards; Working-environment; Flammable-substances; Personal-protective-clothing; Respiratory-protection; Environmental-hazards; Epidemiology; Physiological-effects; NIOSH-Criteria-Document; Explosives
• Source:
  Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 76-195, 1976 Jul; :1-84
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Criteria Document
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB76195
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Standards
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DCDSD - Division of Criteria Documents and Standards Developments
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  94 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00058288
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-267068
• CAS Registry Number:
  Acetylene (CAS RN 74-86-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Performing Organization:
  Stanford Research Institute
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Guidelines and Recommendations
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:77d21063872055537e869a767275aebf3a96b306fb126947dd76966cc5073d31a8130c573574f70dd77dcc913c5b1e256f2582fe25257f1429e3ca3c9de80d25
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/19368/cdc_19368_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.27 MB ]