INTRODUCTION TO OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Types of Air Contaminants - Introduction

• Understand the requirements of OSHA's regulations
• Effectively communicate with other workers in the field of industrial hygiene
• Intelligently prepare purchase orders to procure health services and personal protective equipment.

For example, a fume respirator is worthless as protection against gases or vapors. Too frequently, terms (such as gases, vapors, fumes, and mists) are used interchangeably. Each term has a definite meaning and describes a certain state of matter.