NIOSH comments to DOL on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration notice of proposed rulemaking on hazardous-waste operations and emergency response by R. A. Lemen, November 23, 1987
The testimony concerns the response of NIOSH to requests from OSHA for information on the following issues: qualifications for hazardous waste site instructors; certification of training; the NIOSH definition of immediately dangerous to life and health; on/site chemical resistance test methods; alternatives to ammonia for testing totally encapsulating suits; and the hierarchy of exposure limits. Also included in the testimony is information concerning recommended guidelines for determining a person's medical suitability to wear respiratory protective equipment, differences between the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists threshold limit values and the NIOSH recommended limit values, and recommended language for the OSHA proposed rule.
- Research Organization:
- National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6060296
- Report Number(s):
- PB-91-151282/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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290300 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
EMERGENCY PLANS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
INHALATION
INTAKE
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NIOSH
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
RECOMMENDATIONS
RESPIRATORS
SAFETY STANDARDS
STANDARDS
SURVEYS
TRAINING
US DOL
US ORGANIZATIONS
US OSHA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT