Criteria for a recommended standard: occupational exposure to cresol

Technical Report · Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6108442

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommends that employee exposure to cresol in the workplace be controlled by adherence to the following sections. The standard is designed to protect the health and provide for the safety of employees for up to a 10-hour workshift, 40-hour workweek, over a working lifetime. Compliance with all sections of the standard should prevent adverse effects of cresol on the health and safety of employees. The standard is measurable by techniques that are valid, reproducible, and available to industry and government agencies. Sufficient technology exists to permit compliance with the recommended standard. Although the workplace environmental limit is considered a safe level based on current information it should be regarded as the upper boundary of exposure and every effort should be made to maintain the exposure at levels as low as is technically feasible. The criteria and standard will be subject to review and revision as necessary.

• Research Organization: National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6108442
• Report Number(s): PB-86-121092/XAB; DHEW/PUB/NIOSH-78/133
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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