NIOSH Testimony on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Proposed Rule: Occupational Exposure to Ethylene Oxide; Labeling Requirements by R. Lemen, April 30, 1985.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This testimony summarized the viewpoint of NIOSH on the proposed rule from OSHA concerning occupational exposure to ethylene-oxide (75218) (EtO). The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act Hazard Indicators and Toxicity Categories were discussed. NIOSH recommends that the following information be carried on the front panel of EtO containers: DANGER, Fatal if inhaled. Cancer Hazard and Reproductive Hazard. Do not breathe vapors. Respiratory and protective clothing may be required. Do not get in eyes, on skin, or on clothing. NIOSH believes that such a label will satisfy the requirements of both OSHA and the EPA. It will also ensure that hospital staff who operate sterilizing equipment, stationary engineers and other maintenance workers will be provided with information sufficient to understand the hazards associated with EtO. A regulatory history for EtO was also provided. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no PDF
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Carcinogens Health Personnel Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Urogenital Diseases Urogenital System
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Testimony; Lemen-R-A; Health-care-personnel; Carcinogens; Reproductive-hazards; Organic-vapors; Personal-protective-equipment
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Testimony
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-18
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00195602
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91135129
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1985 Apr:18 pages
• CAS Registry Number:
  Ethylene oxide (CAS RN 75-21-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Control Technology and Personal Protective Equipment
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NIOSH, 18 pages
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/242938/cdc_242938_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]