The role of safety standards in testing and certification.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Vining JF III
• Description:
  The development and applicability of testing and certification regulations for protective equipment are discussed. The establishment of the NIOSH Testing and Certification Laboratory in 1972 is described along with its organization, functions, and responsibilities. The use of American National Standards Institute guidelines as interim requirements for protective equipment is reviewed, and NIOSH efforts toward development of permanent, more comprehensive standards are discussed. Also described are procedures involved in the certification process. The relative roles of various Federal agencies in worker protection are considered. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Personal-protective-equipment; Safety-programs; Safety-engineering; Safety-equipment
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  151-168
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00118712
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1975 May; :151-168
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational Safety Research Specially Related to Personal Protection, Office of Extramural Activities, NIOSH, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/241326/cdc_241326_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]