Rapid Guide to Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace

Rapid Guide to Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace
Author: Richard J. Lewis, Sr.
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2000-03-24
Genre: Science
ISBN:

Get fast, ready access to essential information on the dangerous properties of industrial materials in the millennium workplace. This handy, compact, easy-to-use pocket guide to the most frequently encountered hazardous materials is now significantly updated and revised, providing safety managers and workers with critical data and safety profiles for more than 750 chemicals in the millennium workplace. Each entry is carefully selected for its dangerous properties, reflecting current scientific findings as well as regulatory standards and safety and control recommendations. Clear, accurate descriptions for each substance let you assess its health and safety hazards quickly and easily. Rapid Guide to Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace, Fourth Edition includes: * The latest OSHA regulations and other exposure standards * Additional carcinogens and toxicity data * Updated ACGIH threshold limit values (TLVs) * Comprehensive workplace air-level guidelines from OSHA, ACGIH, and DFG * DOT guidelines and labeling requirements for U.S. and international shipments * Clear and concise Safety Profiles summarizing hazards for each entry * Physical descriptions, including physical and flammability properties * Extensive indexes for CAS numbers, DOT numbers, and synonyms * Cross-references to entries in the acclaimed Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials, 10th Edition

Hazardous Chemicals Desk Reference

Hazardous Chemicals Desk Reference
Author: Richard J. Lewis, Sr.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 1976
Release: 2008-07-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780470334454

Offers a "safety profile" of 5000 of the most important hazardous chemicals. Features unique Chemical Safety Profiles that provide a quick overview of the hazards, synonyms, and physical properties of a variety of chemicals. Details government agency standards and recommendations on the handling of each chemical. Includes three cross-indices to permit rapid location of a material by its Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) number, a synonym for the material, or the DOT Guide Number. Features new chemical entries unavailable in previous versions.

Niosh Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards

Niosh Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
Author: Niosh
Publisher: www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2012-06-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781780398518

The NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards presents information taken from the NIOSH/OSHA Occupational Health Guidelines for Chemical Hazards, from National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) criteria documents and Current Intelligence Bulletins, and from recognized references in the fields of industrial hygiene, occupational medicine, toxicology, and analytical chemistry. The information is presented in tabular form to provide a quick, convenient source of information on general industrial hygiene practices. The information in the Pocket Guide includes chemical structures or formulas, identification codes, synonyms, exposure limits, chemical and physical properties, incompatibilities and reactivities, measurement methods, respirator selections, signs and symptoms of exposure, and procedures for emergency treatment.

Emergency Response Guidebook

Emergency Response Guidebook
Author: U.S. Department of Transportation
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2013-06-03
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1626363765

Does the identification number 60 indicate a toxic substance or a flammable solid, in the molten state at an elevated temperature? Does the identification number 1035 indicate ethane or butane? What is the difference between natural gas transmission pipelines and natural gas distribution pipelines? If you came upon an overturned truck on the highway that was leaking, would you be able to identify if it was hazardous and know what steps to take? Questions like these and more are answered in the Emergency Response Guidebook. Learn how to identify symbols for and vehicles carrying toxic, flammable, explosive, radioactive, or otherwise harmful substances and how to respond once an incident involving those substances has been identified. Always be prepared in situations that are unfamiliar and dangerous and know how to rectify them. Keeping this guide around at all times will ensure that, if you were to come upon a transportation situation involving hazardous substances or dangerous goods, you will be able to help keep others and yourself out of danger. With color-coded pages for quick and easy reference, this is the official manual used by first responders in the United States and Canada for transportation incidents involving dangerous goods or hazardous materials.

Quick Selection Guide to Chemical Protective Clothing

Quick Selection Guide to Chemical Protective Clothing
Author: Krister Forsberg
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2014-05-16
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1118855914

Quick Selection Guide to Chemical Protective Clothing provides the reader with the latest information on Selection, Care and Use of Chemical Protective garments and gloves. Topics in the widely-used reference guide include Selection and Use of Chemical Protective Clothing, Chemical Index, Selection Recommendations, Glossary, Standards for Chemical Protective Clothing, Manufactures of Chemical Protective Clothing and European requirements for chemical resistant gloves. The key feature of the book is the color-coded selection recommendations. The red, yellow or green indications are highly appreciated by the users. This sixth edition of the Quick Selection Guide to Chemical Protective Clothing has been updated, to include approximately 1,000 chemicals/chemical brands or mixture of chemicals more than twice the information provided in the original edition. The performance of 9 generic materials and 32 proprietary barriers are compared against the 21 standard test chemicals listed in ASTM F1001. The color-coded recommendations against the broader list of materials now contain 27 representative barrier materials. This best selling pocket guide is the an essential field source for HazMat teams, spill responder, safety professionals, chemists and chemical engineers, industrial hygienists, supervisors, purchase agents, salespeople and other users of chemical protective clothing.

Prudent Practices in the Laboratory

Prudent Practices in the Laboratory
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2011-03-25
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0309211581

Prudent Practices in the Laboratory-the book that has served for decades as the standard for chemical laboratory safety practice-now features updates and new topics. This revised edition has an expanded chapter on chemical management and delves into new areas, such as nanotechnology, laboratory security, and emergency planning. Developed by experts from academia and industry, with specialties in such areas as chemical sciences, pollution prevention, and laboratory safety, Prudent Practices in the Laboratory provides guidance on planning procedures for the handling, storage, and disposal of chemicals. The book offers prudent practices designed to promote safety and includes practical information on assessing hazards, managing chemicals, disposing of wastes, and more. Prudent Practices in the Laboratory will continue to serve as the leading source of chemical safety guidelines for people working with laboratory chemicals: research chemists, technicians, safety officers, educators, and students.

Hazardous Chemicals Handbook

Hazardous Chemicals Handbook
Author: P A CARSON
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 621
Release: 2002-03-12
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 008049515X

The authors' aim with this handbook, is to provide a rapid ready-reference to help in the often complex task of handling, using and disposing of chemicals safely and with minimum risk to people's health or damage to facilities or to the environment. The book provides look-up data, and concise, clear explanations of general chemical principles, physiochemical and reactive properties, toxicities and exposure limits, flammability characteristics, monitoring techniques, personal protection and other parameters and requirements relating to compliance with designated safe practice, control of risks to people's health and limitation of environmental impact. - Over 600 pages of valuable reference materialIncludes information on physiochemical and reactive properties, toxicities and exposure limits, flammability characteristics, monitoring techniques, personal protection and other parameters and requirements relating to complianceSummarizes core information for quick reference in the workplace or in transit