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Health and safety concerns in the stmctural composite lumber industry are similar to those in the other composite industries. Special care is required in worker awareness, worker protection equipment, dust and vapor control, and general housekeeping. 

Provisions must be made to ensure worker protection for a process located in a containment building. For example, the atmosphere in the containment structure should be monitored for hazardous vapors, operations should be remotely controlled from outside the containment structures, access should be restricted, and proper personal protective equipment should be used when entry into the containment structure becomes necessary. 

Management Perspectives on Worker Protection During DOE Hazardous Waste Activities. U.S. Department of Energy, June 1996, p. 4. 

Non-RCRA-permitted TSDs and waste treatment activities not covered by RCRA (e.g., wastewater treatment facilities permitted under the Clean Water Act) are not covered by HAZWOPER, except for emergency response and some limited waste management operations. Specific HAZWOPER elements are assimilated into the existing health and safety program based on hazard analyses. Worker protection requirements are met through existing health and safety plans [1]. 

Health and safety issues and worker protection should be integrated into project specifications, bid packages, contracts, and other appro-... 

Respirators are an important part of worker protection. We discussed a variety of pitfalls and disadvantages earlier in this chapter, for the disadvantages are similar to those found in level A and level B protection. Selling respiratory protection is very important. This selling of the program comes through communication, training, and experience. Experienced respirator users know that they work. This faith by workers can... 

A local controlled zone is an area where the air is controlled locally the control requirements may be for worker protection and comfort, for process control, or for production protection. 

LVHV nozzles can create problems that may be sufficiently severe as to prevent their use, usually in the form of ergonomic encumbrances and excessive noise. These problems can be dealt with, to limited extents, and LVHV applications can be effective. It must also be understood that dust control by 1..VHV systems is ultimately limited. No ventilation control measure can ensure sufficient worker protection down to extraordinatily low acceptable dust levels. Worker protection must always be confirmed by industrial hygiene monitoring and evaluation, and administrative control measures such as respiratory protection may be necessary. 

Certainly, some workplace operations involving highly toxic and/or valuable materials can be controlled more effectively by LVHV ventilation than by conventional local exhaust ventilation. These situations represent opportunities to improve worker protection, recover valuable materials, and to reduce replacement air requirements. Designers of local exhaust ventilation systems should be mindful of such opportunities and take advantage of LVHV control methods. 

Class I BSCs are, from the functional view, similar to a fume cupboard (Section 10.2.3). Class II cabinets are used for product and worker protection. Class III cabinets are used for work with very dangerous microbiological or radioactive agents and provide maximum protection to the environment and the worker. The class and type of BSC used is dependent on the demands for worker and product protection. 

Experimental variance Permission granted by OSHA for the use of an alternative method of worker protection during an approved experiment to demonstrate or validate new safety and health techniques. The variance terminates upon study com pletion unless another type of variance is issued by OSHA. 

To the epoxide dissolved in a minimal amount of chloroform or ether is added a corresponding solution of freshly prepared thiocyanic acid (20 fold excess) as described above (acetic acid has also been used as solvent). The resulting solution is allowed to stand at least 70 hr at room temperature. (Some workers have protected the reaction mixture from light during this period). The reaction mixture is worked up by washing first with a 10% solution of sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate or potassium bicarbonate, and then water. The remaining ether extract is dried (Na2S04) and evaporated under vacuum. The crude thiocyanatohydrin is crystallized from an appropriate solvent or treated with methanesulfonyl chloride s (see below). 

Krogsgaard-Larsen and co-workers have protected the P-keto functionality as a ketal as a modification to the traditional conditions so attack of hydroxylamine is directed towards the ester. They prepared hydroxamic acid 10 from ester 9 then cyclized with sulfuric acid to isoxazole 11, in route to 4,5,6,7-tetrahydroisoxazolo[5,4-c]pyridin-3-ol (THIP), a selective GABAa receptor agonist studied clinically for insomnia. 

NIOSH. 1995. Report to Congress on Workers Home Contamination Study conducted under the workers family protection act (29 U.S.C.671a). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. September 1995. 

Decision as to possible health hazards in mass production preliminary information on type of hazard which might exist in mass manufacture Safety of equipment necessity for ventilation, safe atmospheric concentration selection of suitable physical protective devices for workers (respirators, protective clothing, showers) procedure for medical treatment in emergency if this requires special equipment Decision as to health services needed at plant plan of preventive medicine (including selection of workers according to expected degree of exposure and methods of periodic check on health)... 

The mission of the OSHA is to save lives, prevent injuries, and protect the health of employees in the workplace.25 OSHA accomplishes these goals through several regulatory requirements including the hazard communication standard (HCS) and the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Worker Protection Standard (HAZWOPER). 

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In general, plant-protection products are biocidal active substances and are therefore by nature toxic to target organisms. At least some of them are also toxic to humans therefore, the safe use of plant-protection products presupposes, among other things, an evaluation of worker exposure during re-entry, an adequate risk assessment on the basis of the various practical scenarios in agriculture and horticulture, and, if necessary, specific instructions for worker protection on the product label. 

Popendorf, W.J. and Leffingwell, T. (1982) Regulating organophosphate residues for worker protection, Residue Rev., 82 125-201. 

NIOSH. 1995. Report to Congress on Workers Home Contamination. Study Conducted Under the Workers Family Protection. 

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (1995) Report on Congress on workers home contamination study conducted under the Workers Family Protection Act. http //www. cdc.gov/niosh/pdfs/95-123.pdf. Accessed 26 Apr 2012... 

Containment buildings are sometimes used to moderate the impact of a spill of an especially toxic material. When containment is used, special precautions are included to ensure worker protection, such as remote controls, continuous monitoring, and restricted access. 

Hexachloroethane has been found in the plasma of workers wearing protective clothing and respiratory protection suggesting that hexachloroethane can be absorbed following inhalation and/or dermal exposure. Based on the minimal effects seen on target tissues (liver and kidney) in animal studies, absorption from the lungs seems to be limited. Dermal absorption was also estimated to be low based on calculated dermal penetration rates. 

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