Industrial hygiene offices

The physical and health hazards associated with chemicals should be determined before working with them This determination may involve consulting literature references. Laboratory Chemical Safety Summaries (LCSSs), Matmal Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs), or other reference materials (see also Chapter 3, section 3.B) and may require discussions with the laboratory supervisor and consultants such as safety and industrial hygiene officers. Every step of the waste minimization and removal processes should be checked against federal, state, and local regulations. Production of mixed chemical-radioactive-biological waste (see Chapter 7, section 7.C.1.3) should not be considered without discussions with environmental health and safety experts. 

Highly toxic substances. The cleanup of highly toxic substances should not be attempted alone. Other personnel should be notified of the spill, and the appropriate safety or industrial hygiene office should be contacted to obtain assistance in evaluating the hazards involved. These professionals will know how to clean up the material and may perform the operation. 

Netzel NR. 1981. Industrial hygiene survey Velsicol Chemical Corporation, Memphis, Tennessee plant. Office of Toxic Substance Microfiche 200501. 

In addition, a compliance officer should not expect to be able to sustain a citation based solely on evidence that on the day of his visit one sample exceeded the upper action level defined in the 0SHA Industrial Hygiene Field Operations Manual. 

Currie KL, McDonald EC, Chung LTK, et al. 1990. Concentrations of diazinon, chlorpyrifos, and beniocarb after application in offices. American Industrial Hygiene Association 5 l(l) 23-27. 

Zayed J., Mikhail M., Loranger S., Kennedy G. and Esperance G. L., 1996. Exposure of taxi drivers and office workers to total and respirable manganese in an urban environment. American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 57 376—380. 

Richard J. Lewis, Sr., Division of Technical Service, The Industrial Hygiene Branch of The National Institute for Occupational Safety Health, had primary responsibility for the development of this recommended Standard. Although Lewis led the project, input was received from General Motors Corporation, Olin Corporation and Shell Oil Company, the Michigan Department of Health, The University of Missouri, and of course various offices and divisions of NIOSH. The work draws heavy upon NFPA s 704 system and CMA s LAPI Guide to Precautionary Labeling. The recommended colors follow NFPA, as do the three major hazard classes health, reactivity, and flammability. 

NIOSH. 1986. Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances, ed. D. V. Sweet. Washington, DC U.S. Government Printing Office. Reinhardt, C. F., and M. R. Brittelli. 1981. Patty s Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, 3rd ed., Vol. 2A, Toxicology, p. 2730. New York Wiley-Interscience. 

Day-to-day oversight for maintaining and operating a safe work environment is delegated to two groups the Industrial or Chemical Hygiene Office and the... 

Radiation Safety or Radiological Control Office. The industrial hygienist (IH) or chemical hygiene officer (CHO) is concerned with the overall safety and comfort of the laboratory workforce. The radiation safety officer (RSO) is concerned more specifically with radioactive materials. The IH/CHO and RSO staffs function under different laws and regulatory agencies, but have parallel responsibilities that organizationally may be either combined or separate. 

Just as it is imperative to work closely with industrial hygiene and safety personnel, medical personnel must also work in accord with the command, supervisors, personnel officers, and the workers. Maintaining these relationships is frequently difficult, but by identifying and addressing concerns of both the management and the individual workers, medical personnel can establish a basis for formulating appropriate preventive medical measures. 

The interval medical history and physical should focus on changes in health status, illness, and possible work-related signs and symptoms. The examining physician must be aware of the work environment and potentially hazardous exposures in order to identify work-related conditions or disease. Unlike patients seen in a private office, chemical surety workers who show a change in health status in the periodic evaluation make an evaluation of the work site necessary. Additional workers may require examination on the basis of conditions identified. At a minimum, coordination must be made with industrial hygiene personnel to determine if... 

BEIs ). The ACGIH is registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. See also Industrial Hygiene (IH). 

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