Occupational health and funeral homes

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• Corporate Authors:
  New Jersey. Department of Health. Division of Environmental and Occupational Health, Occupational Disease Epidemiology and Surveillance Program ; New Jersey. Department of Health. Division of Environmental and Occupational Health, Occupational Disease Epidemiology and Surveillance Program
• Description:
  Funeral home employers and employees face a variety of health hazards at work. This publication provides basic information on several of these hazards and ways to control exposure to them. Pertinent legal requirements under OSHA (the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration) are summarized where they exist. Relevant NJ State Board of Mortuary Science requirements are also given. The following topics are covered: 1. Formaldehyde Exposure 2. Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure 3. Hazard Communication 4. Personal Protective Equipment 5. Respiratory Protection [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asthma Asthma, Occupational Blood Blood-Borne Pathogens Chemistry Formaldehyde Hazardous Substances Hematologic Diseases Hypersensitivity Lung Men Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Public Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Skin Women

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• Keywords:
  Bloodborne-pathogens Bronchial-asthma Chemical-composition Chemical-properties Diseases Employee-exposure Employee-health Employees Exposure-levels Formaldehydes Hazards Health-hazards Humans Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Public-health Pulmonary-function Pulmonary-system Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiration Respiratory-system-disorders Risk-factors Sensitization Skin-exposure

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• Publisher:
  New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Guidance ; Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043735
• Citation:
  Trenton, NJ: New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS), 1997 Mar; :1-6
• CAS Registry Number:
  Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0) ; Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19920930
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational health and funeral homes
• End Date:
  20060929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:eed526e6d1d70a6ca7121cc49fc5f3da6547ab1c857beb07b80ac8db2c6fb432bcb65167598eba313ace92bcb3229fd8253376d9a382b360cf5e9bd42fa00d5c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195556/cdc_195556_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.50 MB ]