Two methods for establishing industrial hygiene priorities

Langner, Ralph R.; Norwood, Steve; Socha, G. E.; Hoyle, H. R.

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“…This rating included factors "DE" for probable degree of exposure, and "HR" for hazard rating. These numerical scores are used to quantitatively rank "the potential for hazard from exposure to gases and vapors for the purpose of setting industrial hygiene priorities for each job classification for each chemical [process]" (13). Another recent approach was to select "exposure zones" within a facility, where an exposure zone must fulfill the attributes of 1) work similarity, 2) similarity with respect to hazardous agents, 3) environmental similarity, and 4) identifiability (14).…”

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Air Monitoring During A Hazardous Waste Remedial Action at a Drum Bulking Unit Process

Levine¹,

Conlin²,

Geraci³

1984

Hazardous Waste

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Air Monitoring During A Hazardous Waste Remedial Action at a Drum Bulking Unit Process

Levine¹,

Conlin²,

Geraci³

1984

Hazardous Waste

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Occupational Health and Safety

Meyer²,

Kolk³

et al. 2000

Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry

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The article contains sections titled: 1. Introduction 1.1. History 1.2. Differentiation of Tasks 1.3. Hazards in the Chemical Industry 1.4. General Outline of Goals 1.5. Experts and their Training 2. Legal Background 2.1. Laws and Regulations in Germany 2.1.1. State Legislation and Controls 2.1.2. Trade Associations 2.1.3. Company Occupational Safety System 2.1.4. Role of the Social Partner and Associations 2.1.5. Future Developments 2.2. Legal Requirements in Other European Countries 2.3. European Legislation 2.4. Regulations in the United States 3. Industrial Hygiene 3.1. Introduction and History 3.2. Requirements for an Effective Program 3.3. Objectives and Standards 3.4. Organization and Staff Management 3.5. Anticipation of Health Hazards 3.6. Occupational Exposure Assessment 3.6.1. Introduction 3.6.2. Characterization and Identification 3.6.3. Preliminary Evaluation and Prioritization (Qualitative Assessment) 3.6.4. Occupational Exposure Limits 3.6.5. Quantitative Assessment‐Occupational Hygiene Monitoring 3.6.6. Monitoring Planning and Strategy Definition 3.6.7. Sampling and Analysis; Data Quality Assurance 3.6.8. Sampling and Analysis Execution 3.6.9. Data Interpretation and Reporting; Record Keeping 3.7. Exposure Control Methods 3.7.1. General Concepts 3.7.2. Personal Protective Equipment 3.8. Physical Agents 3.9. Communication and Training 3.10. Industrial Hygiene in the United States 4. Occupational Medicine 4.1. Health Surveillance 4.1.1. Monitoring 4.1.2. Periodical Medical Examination 4.1.3. Evaluation and Interpretation of Data 4.1.4. Reporting Health Surveillance Results 4.1.5. Corrective Actions 4.2. Biological Monitoring 4.2.1. Basic Considerations 4.2.2. Prerequisites 4.2.3. Biological Media 4.2.4. Biological Occupational Limits 4.2.5. Interpretation of Biological Monitoring Data 4.3. Occupational Epidemiology 4.3.1. Introduction 4.3.2. Basic Requirements‐Data Collection 4.3.2.1. Data on Exposed Individuals in the Study Group 4.3.2.2. Technical Data on the Occupational Environment 4.3.3. Descriptive and Analytical Study Types 4.3.4. Usefulness of Occupational Epidemiological Studies 4.4. Ergonomics 4.4.1. Introduction; Definitions 4.4.2. Scope of Ergonomics 4.4.3. Stress Factors 4.4.4. Assessment and Testing Criteria 4.4.5. Objectives 4.5. Evaluation of Health Risks 4.5.1. Basic Considerations 4.5.2. Difficulties in Interpretation 4.5.3. Dose/Effect/Polymorphism 4.5.4. Hazard Identification 4.5.5. Risk Estimation 4.5.6. Risk Evaluation 4.5.7. Risk Limitation 4.6. Occupational Diseases and Work‐Related Illnesses 4.6.1. Introduction; Definitions 4.6.2. Occupational Diseases 4.6.3. Prevention 4.6.4. Compensation for Occupational Diseases 4.6.5. Trends 4.6.6. Work‐Related Illnesses 4.7. First Aid 4.8. Occupational Medicine in the United States 5. Acknowledgement

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Agreement between qualitative exposure estimates and quantitative exposure measurements

Kromhout

Oostendorp

Heederik

et al. 1987

American J Industrial Med

136

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A method for qualitative estimation of the exposure at task level was used and validated with actual measurements in five small factories. The results showed that occupational hygienists were in general the most successful estimators. Plant supervisors and workers handled the estimation method less successfully because of more misclassification of the tasks. The method resulted, in general, in a classification of tasks in four exposure categories ranging from no exposure to high exposure. The exposure categories correlated positively with mean concentrations, but showed overlapping exposure distributions. This resulted in misclassification of the exposure for individual workers when a relatively large interindividual variability in exposure levels within an exposure category was present. The results show that this method can be used for workplace exposure zoning, but that the usefulness of the estimates for epidemiological purposes is not clear-cut and depends strongly on the actual exposure characteristics within a workplace. A combination of the qualitative exposure estimation method together with assessment of the exposure levels by measurements makes a rearrangement of tasks or individual workers possible and could improve the validity of this method for epidemiological purposes.

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Two methods for establishing industrial hygiene priorities

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Agreement between qualitative exposure estimates and quantitative exposure measurements

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