NIOSH Field Effort to Assess Chemical Exposure Risks to Gas and Oil Workers

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  "The goals of this NIOSH field effort include: 1) identifying processes and activities where chemical exposures could occur; 2) characterizing potential exposures to vapors, gases, particulates and fumes (e.g., solvents, diesel particulate, crystalline silica, acids, metals, aldehydes, and possibly other chemicals identified during the study); 3) depending on results of the field effort, recommending safe work practices and/or proposing and evaluating exposure controls (to include engineering controls, substitution, and personal protective equipment)." - NIOSHTIC-2
• Subjects:
  Adverse Effects Diseases And Hygiene Fossil Fuels Fuel Oils Gas Industry Hydrocarbons Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Petroleum Petroleum Chemicals Petroleum Workers Polycyclic Hydrocarbons, Aromatic Toxicology

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• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Pages in Document:
  4 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20036623
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:633eea5ac6d7daf0d5c9cd049599b70af7eb850a6eb6a73020b5a080aa1e3f259880afb389e3888c3ea065a7fdea4f168a62d718c8fbdff19134e9e531970549
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/5796/cdc_5796_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.71 MB ]