Criteria for a recommended standard: occupational exposure to styrene

Technical Report · Thu Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:6943005

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommends that worker exposure to styrene in the workplace be controlled by compliance with the following sections. These recommendations are designed to protect the health and provide for the safety of workers for up to a 10-hour workshift, 40-hour workweek, over a working lifetime. Compliance with all sections of the recommended standard should prevent or greatly reduce the risk to exposed workers of adverse effects. NIOSH considers the recommended environmental limits for styrene to be upper boundaries of exposure. Thus, employers should make every effort to maintain exposure concentrations as low as possible. This recommended standard will be subject to review and revision as necessary.

• Research Organization: National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6943005
• Report Number(s): PB-84-148295
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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