NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards

The NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards is intended as a source of general industrial hygiene information on several hundred chemicals/classes for workers, employers, and occupational health professionals. The NIOSH Pocket Guide does not contain an analysis of all pertinent data, rather it presents key information and data in abbreviated or tabular form for chemicals or substance groupings (e.g. cyanides, fluorides, manganese compounds) that are found in the work environment. The information found in the NIOSH Pocket Guide should help users recognize and control occupational chemical hazards.

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What's Inside

The NIOSH Pocket Guide includes the following:

Chemical names, synonyms, trade names, CAS, RTECS, and DOT ID and guide numbers
Chemical structure/formula, conversion factors
NIOSH recommended exposure limits (RELs)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) permissible exposure limits (PELs)
NIOSH immediately dangerous to life and health values (IDLHs)
Physical description and chemical and physical properties of agents
Measurement methods
Personal protection and sanitation recommendations
Respirator selection recommendations
Incompatibilities and reactivities of agents
Exposure routes, symptoms, target organs, and first aid information

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Download the NIOSH Pocket Guide CD-ROM as an ISO image file and create a disc with CD-ROM authoring software.
The NIOSH Pocket Guide ZIP file contains a condensed version of the NIOSH Pocket Guide.
All non-Pocket Guide links were removed so that this set of files acts as a "stand-alone" database. These files can be used with a standard web browser or on some mobile devices.

2010-168c.zip (245 MB) (requires WinZip or other unzipping software)
2010-168c.exe (181 MB) (Self-extracting zip file for Windows)
2010-168c.iso DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2010-168c
(ISO Requires CD-ROM authoring software)
PDF version DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2005-149
(requires Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing and printing)

Ordering Information

To order free copies of the NIOSH Pocket Guide:

Print Version, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2005-149: http://wwwn.cdc.gov/pubs/niosh.aspx#2005 Publications
CD-ROM, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2010-168c: http://wwwn.cdc.gov/pubs/niosh.aspx#2010 Publications

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