Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Refined Petroleum Solvents [1977]

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Recommended standard regarding occupational exposure of employees to petroleum ether, rubber solvent, varnish makers' and painter's naphtha, mineral spirits, Stoddard solvents and kerosene in the work place, designed to protect the health and provide for the safety of workers for up to a 10 hour work shift, 40 hour workweek, over a working life. The main topics covered are: biologic effects of exposure, including human and animal toxicity, epidemiology, carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, teratogenicity, and effects on reproduction; environmental data and engineering controls, including sampling and analysis, environmental levels and engineering for sampling and analysis. It is emphasized that benzene, an established leukemogenic agent, is present in small amounts in many refined petroleum solvents and is recommended that every effort should be made to keep benzene (71432) exposure as low as possible. Also, eye, nose and throat irritation, dermatitis, and nervous system disorders have been identified in workers exposed to some refined petroleum solvents. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Occupational Exposure
  • Occupational Health
  • Petroleum
  • Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
  • Preventive Medicine
  • Safety
  • Solvents
  • Toxicology
• Keywords:
  • NIOSH-Criteria-Document; Petroleum-distillates; Organic-solvents; Exposure-limits; Air-quality-control; Safety-standards; Control-measures; Preventive-medicine; Safety-practices; Toxicology; Air-sampling; Analytical-methods; Aromatic-hydrocarbons
• 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. 77-192, 1977 Jul; :1-255
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Criteria Document
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB77192
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• 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:
  258 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00073145
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB85-178267
• CAS Registry Number:
  • Benzene (CAS RN 71-43-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Performing Organization:
  Stanford Research Institute
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/19393/cdc_19393_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.90 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Guidelines and Recommendations ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:424a7f653fe242effd30f1be9e98e8ff62227d38b622d389a6091dee4e683349f5d610f2f5deb33251b5a203ff6684211dc6f641e3490d1715ac3332947c4cae