Polychlorinated biphenyls in the workplace.

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A manual to accompany a course entitled "Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in the Workplace" given by NIOSH in association with the General Services Administration, Washington, DC, in August 1980 is presented. Course topics include: general background on PCBs; general requirements for compliance with federal laws governing PCB use; PCB filled transformers; non PCB transformers; PCB filled capacitors; underground mining machinery using PCB fluids; PCB use in electromagnets; PCB containing heat transfer fluids; PCB containing hydraulic fluids; and PCB contamination of waste oils. EPA regulations governing each category of use, emergency spill response, and recommendations are given. A transcript of a question and answer session in which the final EPA rules on PCB manufacture, processing, commercial distribution, and restrictions on use were discussed, is included. The criteria document for developing the NIOSH standard for PCB exposure is given. Sampling procedures and analytical methods for the determination of PCB concentrations are also presented. General instructions for preparing a Materials Safety Data Sheet are discussed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no PDF
• Subjects:
  Electricity Environmental Pollution Hazardous Substances Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Safety-research; Occupational-exposure; Industrial-hazards; Exposure-limits; Electrical-insulation; Environmental-contamination; Decontamination; Hazardous-materials
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Handbooks ; Handbooks
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• 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:
  1-363
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00133181
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84187681
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1980 Aug; :1-363
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NIOSH, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 363 pages, 302 references
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/241625/cdc_241625_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]