Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Hydrogen Cyanide and Cyanide Salts (NaCN, KCN, and Ca(CN)2) [1976]

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Recommended criteria for a standard intended to protect the health of workers against exposure to hydrogen-cyanide (74908) and cyanide salts, especially sodium-cyanide (13998033), potassium-cyanide (151508) and calcium-cyanide (592018), for up to a 10-hour work shift, 40-hour work week, over a working lifetime. Occupational exposure to these compounds is defined as exposure to airborne concentrations greater than the corresponding action levels, or one- half the corresponding recommended ceiling environmental exposure limit. The main topics covered include: recommendations for levels of cyanide in the workplace air, including sampling and analysis; medical surveillance; personal protective equipment and clothing; informing employees of cyanide hazards; work practices and control procedures; sanitation, monitoring and recordkeeping; biologic effects of exposure, including epidemiology, carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, and teratogenicity; environmental data and engineering controls. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cyanide Cyanides Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Hydrogen Cyanide Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Preventive Medicine Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Publication; Occupational-health; Toxic-chemicals; Exposure-limits; Air-quality-control; Air-sampling; Sampling-methods; Analytical-methods; Preventive-medicine; Safety-practices; Safety-equipment; Safety-engineering; Control-measures; Air-measurement; Cyanides
• 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. 77-108, 1976 Oct; :1-201
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Criteria Document
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB77108
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Standards
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; Michigan ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  202 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00058480
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-266230
• CAS Registry Number:
  Calcium cyanide (CAS RN 592-01-8) ; Hydrogen cyanide (CAS RN 74-90-8) ; Potassium cyanide (CAS RN 151-50-8) ; Sodium cyanide (CAS RN Sodium cyanide (CAS RN 143-33-9))
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Performing Organization:
  University of Michigan
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Guidelines and Recommendations
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b5902d8be238cb92c1fc0c09482eface7039511a0a3e1df38004102081cb87ceda407e8ffc640503ba87df22b798db82bfc76bd0275f210331d93c4164adc3b0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/19377/cdc_19377_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.95 MB ]