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Federal Occupation Safety and Health Standards - Expanded Health Work Practice Standards |
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OSHA
also has promulgated
expanded health standards at 1910.1001 through 1910.1101 for substances including
asbestos, vinyl chloride, arsenic, lead, benzene, coke oven emissions, cotton dust, 1,
2-dibromo-3-chloropropane, acrylonitrile, ethylene oxide, and formaldehyde. Additionally,
thirteen identified carcinogens
are regulated. These standards contain work practice requirements such as exposure monitoring, protective equipment, housekeeping, hygiene facilities, medical surveillance, and employee training in addition to permissible limits. Additional information regarding industrial hygiene, including sampling instrumentation and methods, can be found in OSHA Technical Manual, CPL 2-2.20B. |
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