Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Diisocyanates [1978]

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Information on the toxicity and recommended exposure standards of diisocyanates is presented. Production methods and industrial uses of the chemicals are reviewed. Effects of exposure on the respiratory, immunologic and dermatologic systems in humans are discussed, along with the results of various epidemiologic and laboratory animal studies. Environmental concentrations of diisocyanates are noted, and current methods of engineering controls and sampling and analysis are described. The authors recommend that diisocyanate exposures be kept to 5 parts per billion (ppb) for a 10 hour time weighted average and 20ppb for a 10 minute ceiling exposure. Recommendations are included for medical monitoring, product labeling, use of personal protective clothing and equipment, worker hazard education, work practices, workplace hygiene, workplace monitoring, and recordkeeping procedures. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Hazardous Substances Isocyanates Lung Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety Skin
• Keywords:
  Toxic-effects; Worker-health; Work-operations; Occupational-exposure; Pulmonary-system; Immune-system; Dermatology; Environmental-engineering; NIOSH-Criteria-Document
• 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. 78-215, 1978 Sep; :1-138
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Criteria Document
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB78215
• 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:
  148 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00108894
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-226615
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Performing Organization:
  SRI International
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Guidelines and Recommendations
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1c07fc024a9bbe2f1dc602ce8c7e5a3d981fe3f1e1712c4bd081db7f73607f1e9f6742b56901751887a407a3d1c49267ba36322b19ad67392e63799e6252b6a6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/19429/cdc_19429_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.94 MB ]