Occupational exposure to ketones

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Division of Criteria Documentation and Standards Development
• Description:
  "Recommended standards and criteria to prevent hazardous workplace exposure to ketones are presented. Information on the biological effects of ketones is included along with data on environmental sampling, analysis, and control. Guidelines for permissible workplace ketone concentrations, medical monitoring procedures, labeling and posting, protective clothing, and environmental monitoring and recordkeeping requirements are provided. Exposure limits are given for acetone (67641), methyl-ethyl-ketone (78933), methyl-n-propyl-ketone (107879) methyl-n-butyl-ketone (591786), methyl-n-amyl-ketone (110430), methyl-n-amyl-ketone (110430), methyl- isobutyl-ketone (108101), methyl-isoamyl-ketone (110123), diisobutyl- ketone (108838), cyclohexanone (108941), mesityl-oxide (141797), diacetone-alcohol (123422) and isophorone (78591). Sampling and analysis techniques for selected ketones are detailed, and a sample material safety data sheet is included." - NIOSHTIC-2
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Criteria Document
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB78173
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Standards
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  viii, 244 numbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00100000
• Collection(s):
  Guidelines and Recommendations National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:61c733999bb43aad007f2ad1bfd996d22e8eaf69ebf1ca9ad2d94909bfae306a49044051fb30564c7a49b9b328623dfdfceb6cd0d382aea567570afd395f85e1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/19416/cdc_19416_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.64 MB ]