Occupational safety and health standards

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• Personal Author:
  Ahlers HW ; Lemen RA ; Mazzuckelli LF ; Niemeier RW
• Description:
  An approach toward developing a safe and healthful workplace through greater use of generic standards as opposed to developing standards and recommendations on a substance by substance basis was described and discussed. Generic standards may be appropriate in such areas as cholinesterase inhibiting substances, neurotoxic agents, reproductive hazards, cold environments, and vibration syndrome among others. Developing standards based on individual substances often does not allow for the role of synergism. It is important that those responsible for regulating the workplace examine the processes or conditions found therein. A second approach would be to address groups of similar substances. A third comprehensive approach would be to look at general categories of hazards as has been done with the generic carcinogens and the hazards communication rule. Finally, the idea of risk must be considered in the development of any standard. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cholinesterase Inhibitors Cold Temperature Hazardous Substances Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety Vibration
• Keywords:
  Cholinesterase-inhibitors Cold-environments Industrial-hazards Legislation NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication Occupational-health Regulations Toxic-materials Vibration-exposure
• ISBN:
  9780897665230
• ISSN:
  0077-8923
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  100-106
• Volume:
  572
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00202335
• Citation:
  Ann NY Acad Sci 1989 Dec; 572:100-106
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5049ecac17e158a7ed90012160a26f595879c298cdd7d6f2252d101d3e3ddbc625985e13bc06e165c2d4ad9f185a440719d587d974aedb08779ef7c18678566f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/205271/cdc_205271_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 459.10 KB ]