Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Carbon Disulfide [1977]

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The recommended standard is given limiting employee exposure to less than 3 milligrams per cubic meter of air (1ppm) as a time weighted average concentration for up to a 10 hour work shift in a 40 hour workweek or less than 30 milligrams per cubic meter of air (10ppm) as a ceiling concentration for any 15 minute period. In addition, standards are given for medical surveillance, labeling and posting, personal protective clothing and equipment, informing employees of hazards, work practices, sanitation, and monitoring and record keeping requirements. The criteria for the standards are also given, including extent of exposure in the United States, historical reports of exposure, effects on humans, epidemiological studies, animal toxicity, correlation of exposure and effect, carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, teratogenicity, effects on reproduction, environmental concentrations to which workers have been exposed, various attempts at controlling exposure, environmental sampling and analytical methods, biological monitoring, work practices and safety precautions for handling carbon-disulfide (75150), the bases upon which previous and the present standards are recommended, and research needs. Appendices give the recommended air sampling method for carbon-disulfide, the analytical method, the iodine-azide test for biological monitoring and a material safety data sheet. Tables give physical and chemical properties, occupations with potential exposure, and the calibration setup for a personal sampling pump with charcoal tube. (Contract No. 099-74-0031) [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Carbon Disulfide Hazardous Substances Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Solvents Sulfur Compounds Textile Industry
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Criteria-Document; NIOSH-Contract; Contract-099-74-0031; Safety-standards; Toxic-substances; Sulfur-compounds; Industrial-chemicals; Exposure-limits; Safety-measures; Toxicity; Textiles-industry; Air-quality-control; Carbon-disulfide; Solvents
• 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. 77-156, 1977 May; :1-196
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Criteria Document
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB77156
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  099-74-0031
• Genre:
  Standards
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 9
• 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:
  197 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00070673
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon disulfide (CAS RN 75-15-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• 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-512:68797a3678ef0ecd4f847219cbd3e948aad02ee624f1787a82159d2a014f8caf2f840991067fff64f265730d76fa2542eb5eae7d62722f27490aa92a97a6c8f1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/19387/cdc_19387_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.95 MB ]