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US Department of Labor, "System Safety Engineering , Safety Manual No. 15, Mine Safety and Healtli Administration, Waslungton, D.C., 1982. 

H. Safety considerations. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), US Department of Labor, standard entitled Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories (29 CFR 1910.1450) makes it necessary to address safety issues in the SOP. The standard requires laboratories that use hazardous chemicals to maintain employee exposures at or below the permissible exposure limits specified for these chemicals in 29 CFR Part 1910, Subpart Z. Hazards associated with any specific chemicals used in a method must be addressed so that the user has the information needed to follow the Chemical Hygiene Plan for their laboratory. The method developer should limit the use of hazardous chemicals where feasible. The use of toxic and/or carcinogenic reagents should be avoided or eliminated as much as possible. Additionally, the cost of disposal is increasing and could impact the practicality of a method. Material Safety Data Sheets for the analyte(s) and any unusual or hazardous reagents should be provided for the user. 

OSHA, Method 52 (formaldehyde), in Analytical Methods Manual, US Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA Analytical Laboratory, Salt Lake City, UT (1985). 

Occupational Safety and Health Administration, US Department of Labor. 

Figure 1-4 The manner in which workplace fatalities occurred in 1998. The total number of workplace fatalities was 6026. Source News, USDL 99-208 (Washington, DC US Department of Labor, Aug. 4,1999).

F.B. Silsbee, Static Electricity, Circular C-438 (Washington, DC National Bureau of Standards, 1942). Static Electricity, Bulletin 256 (Washington, DC US Department of Labor, 1963). 

OSHA 1910.106, Flammable and Combustible Liquids (Washington, DC US Department of Labor,... 

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in the United States. US Department of Labor, BLS, http //www.bls.gov/iif. 

United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration www.osha.gov US Department of Labor Washington, DC 20210 (800) 488-7087... 

US Department of Labor Occupational Safety Health Administration. Online. Available HTTP (accessed 4 April 2003). 

OSHA Instruction CPL 2-2.20, Industrial Hygiene Field Operation Manual, US Department of Labor, OSHA, Washington DC 20210, 30 April 1979. 

Ocupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA), US Department of Labor. Organic Methods Evaluation Branch OSHA Analytical Laboratory, Method no. 43. 1983. Available at http //www.osha.gov/dts/sltc/methods/organic/org043/org043.html. 

US Department of Labor and the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA) administered by the US Department of Transportation (DOT). 

US Department of Labor, Occupational Safety Health Administration Regulations (Standards 29 CFR), Part 1910.1200 App A, Health Hazard Definitions. 

NIOSH. 1978. Occupational health guidelines for 1,1-dichloroethane. Occupational health guidelines for chemical hazards. Washington, DC US Department of Labor, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1-4. 

In the United States, MSDSs originated in the shipbuilding industry using a format designated as the US Department of Labor, Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA) Form 20. Chemical manufacturers expanded the original 2-page OSHA Form 20 in order to more adequately provide health and safety data on chemical products. Under the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1910.1200) issued in 1983, MSDS requirements are performance oriented and do not require a specific format. However, there is a nonmandatory OSHA Form 174. 

The concept of using respirators to protect workers in IDLH situations was discussed at least as early as the 1940s. The following is from a US Department of Labor bulletin ... 

Yant WP (1944) Protecting workers against temporary and emergency exposures. In Protecting Plant Manpower Through the Control of Air Contaminants. Special Bulletin No. 14. Washington, DC US Department of Labor, Division of Labor Standards. 

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