NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (Superseded by 94–116)

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This document has been superseded and the new version can be found here. This guide is intended to serve as a source of general industrial hygiene information for workers, employers, and occupational health professionals. Key information and data are presented in abbreviated tabular form for 398 chemicals or substance groupings that are found in the work environment and that have existing Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations. The industrial hygiene information found in the Guide should help users recognize and control occupational chemical hazards. The Guide lists chemical names and structural formulas, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) and the NIOSH Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS) numbers and Department of Transportation (DOT) identification and guide numbers. Exposure limits, physical descriptions, chemical and physical properties are listed for the compounds along with an indication of the concentration at which the compound is immediately dangerous to life or health (IDLH). Additional information includes recommendations for respirator selection, symptoms of exposure, and first aid data. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Fires Hazardous Substances Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Urogenital Diseases Urogenital System
• Keywords:
  Fire-hazards Hazardous-materials Health-hazards Industrial-hazards NIOSH-Author Occupational-hazards Reproductive-hazards Toxic-materials
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSDTT - Division of Standards Development and Technology Transfer
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-245
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00196211
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91-151183
• Citation:
  Ludwig H, ed. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 90-117, 1990 Jun; :1-245
• Editor(s):
  Ludwig H
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209585/cdc_209585_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 17.13 MB ]