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NIOSH Recommendations for Occupational Safety and Health:
Compendium of Policy Documents and Statements
CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) has released NIOSH Recommendations for Occupational Safety
and Health: Compendium of Policy Documents and Statements * (1).
The
publication provides a comprehensive list of NIOSH documents that
contain recommendations for safety and health standards in the
workplace. It is designed to make this information conveniently
available to workers, employers, occupational health professionals,
and union representatives. The publication includes two major
sections. Section A lists all NIOSH documents containing
recommendations for chemical, physical, and other hazards in the
workplace. Section B contains the NIOSH recommended exposure limits
(RELs) for all these hazards as well as the adverse health effects
associated with the chemicals and physical hazards. Five appendices
include additional information about classes of chemicals and RELs
adopted or revised during the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration's rule-making activity in 1988. A subject index and
an index by chemical abstracts service numbers are included.
Reference
NIOSH. NIOSH recommendations for occupational safety and health:
compendium of policy documents and statements. Cincinnati: US
Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service,
CDC, 1992; DHHS publication no. (NIOSH)92-100.
Single copies of this document are available without charge from
the Information Dissemination Section, Division of Standards
Development and Technology Transfer, NIOSH, 4676 Columbia Parkway,
Cincinnati, OH 45226; telephone (513) 533-8287.
Disclaimer
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