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Silica-Very High on OSHA’s Inspection List
Summary of OSHA Regulation Separate regulations were issued for Construction (29CFR1926.1153) and General Industry/Maritime (29CFR1910.1053). The general provisions to both regulations are generally the same: Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) over an 8-hour shift is 50 mg/M3 of air. Action Level of 25 ug/M3. Requires employers to use engineering controls to limit worker exposure where ...
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Silica-OSHA Final Rule for Crystalline Silica in Effect June 23, 2018
OSHA regulations have been in effect as of October 23, 2017 for the Construction Industry. This notice was issued on October 19, 2017. The effective date for General Industry and Maritime is June 23, 2018. Separate regulations were issued for Construction (29CFR1926.1153) and General Industry/Maritime (29CFR1910.1053). The general provisions to both regulations are generally the same: ...
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Common Mistakes in Compliance with OSHA Standard for Respiratory Protection
Year after year, citations for violations of the Respiratory Standard 1910.134 consistently remain in the TOP 5 most cited OSHA violations. Don’t kid yourself, respiratory protection is a complex subject. You cannot just arbitrarily decide that “it looks dusty out there, I guess I will have the workers wear dust masks.” Here are some of the most common mistakes made by ...
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Worker Exposure to Isocyanates (TDI, MDI, HDI) Found in Paints, Coatings, Resins and Insulations
The health effects of exposure to isocyanates include asthma, skin rashes/dermatitis, irritation of mucous membranes (eyes, nose and throat) and chemical bronchitis. The most common commercial isocyanates are the diisocyanates—toluenediisocyanate (TDI), methylene bisphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) and hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI). These isocyanates are generally used to make rigid and ...
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Worker Exposure to Paint Chemicals – Are they Hazardous?
Chemical Hazards There are a vast number of chemicals that can be contained in paints—solvents, pigments, metals, resins, plasticizers—anyone or all of these paint chemicals may cause adverse health effects especially to workers who are exposed to them on a daily basis. The best way to characterize the hazards to workers who are regularly exposed to paints (paint chemicals) is to ...
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Noise dosimeter - Portable noise measurement technology
Capturing employees’ exposure to noise with portable technology Whether we like it or not, Health and safety is an integral part of any business today. Firstly, it exists to protect the well being of employees, customers and visitors. Secondly, complying with health and safety regulations makes good business sense too. It is vital to ensure that your company is complying with the noise ...
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Preventing noise-induced hearing loss in Manufacturing
Harmful levels of noise can lead to serious health and safety issues such as noise-induced hearing loss, ringing in the ear or other conditions for all workers including those employed in manufacturing. Over time, if the noise from factory tools, machinery and processes is loud consistently and not monitored or controlled, workers who are exposed to it will suffer permanent hearing loss. ...
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Silica Exposures – OSHA Issues Hazard Alert for Workers Manufacturing and Installing Countertops
Both OSHA and NIOSH have noted increases in cases of silicosis in workers manufacturing and installing countertops (http://www.osha.gov/newsrelease/trade-20150218.html) and the OSHA Regulation itself- General Industry-29CFR1910.1053 and Construction 29CFR1926.1153. Countertops can be made of granite, sandstone, quartzite, and composites including sand. The dust created during the cutting, ...
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9 Things Your Respiratory Protection Program Must Include
Osha Respiratory Protection Standard The OSHA Respiratory Protection Standard 29 CFR 1910.134 has many requirements in addition to respirator fit testing. If respirators are worn by any employees, companies must have a written Respiratory Protection Program. The one exception is if the only respirators in use are those voluntarily worn by employees, then a written program is not required. But ...
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Is Hexavalent Chromium (Hex Chrome; Chrome VI) Found in Welding Fumes A Carcinogen?
Neither the chromium found in metal plating (like chrome trim on a can) nor the chrome found in medicines like chromium picolinate is in the hexavalent form and is not carcinogenic. In fact it has a positive value in our system by assisting in regulating blood sugar levels. The chrome found in the fumes formed by welding stainless steel and released into a welder’s breathing zone is in the ...
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Noise at Work: Frequently asked questions
Controlling Noise at Work: Frequently asked questions Pulsar Instruments are the experts when it comes to noise at work measurement. The company was formed 45 years ago and, over the years, the team has answered numerous phone calls or met new and existing customers at Trade shows, professional meetings or in their place of work to answer their queries. Very often, a call is received by our ...
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OSHA Targets Primary Metal Industries
Back in May 2011, OSHA began implementing a National Emphasis Program (NEP) to reduce or eliminate harmful worker exposure to both chemical and physical (heat and noise) health hazards encountered in the Primary Metal Industries (SIC Major Group 33). The emphasis on worker safety and health continues as these industries expand or start a new. Thus 2019 continues as a year where worker health and ...
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Worker Exposure to Beryllium Health Hazards – New Regulations are HERE!
Beryllium Regulations To Lower Worker Exposure Recently OSHA has put new Beryllium Regulations in effect to lower worker exposure levels. Based on information on the health hazards of worker Beryllium exposure, OSHA has lowered the allowable exposure level by a factor of 10—from 2 ug/m3 to 0.2 ug/m3—and create a separate standard for Beryllium (29 CFR 1910.1024). There are a variety ...
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When should you use a db Meter or Noise Dosimeter?
Find out when to use a db meter or when you should use noise dosimeters instead Under the Noise at Work Regulations (2005), employers must protect their workers from Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) and other conditions associated with exposure to excessive noise. Measuring and controlling noise at work is a challenge in most companies who ‘make or do something noisy’. It is ...
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Hexavalent Chromium Increases Workers’ Risk of Cancer
Where is Hexavalent Chromium Found? Hexavalent Chromium (also known as Chrome 6, Chrome VI, or hex chrome) is a component of a variety of metal products. It is most often found in stainless steel where it greatly reduces corrosion. Hex chrome is also found in some steel alloys because of its ability to increase flexibility and reduce corrosion. Electroplating of chrome also can form Hexavalent ...
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The Way Ahead: the Future of Industrial Hygiene, Part 2
Industrial Hygiene in the Workplace reached out to numerous companies for expert opinions on a range of subjects that affect how industrial hygiene and safety will change going forward and, most importantly, the issues and challenges ahead. The evolution of industrial hygiene includes improving the ability to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, control and confirm worker protection-across all of the ...
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Low-dose monitoring for occupational exposure and the influence of measurement accuracy
This paper presents the evolution of individual radiation doses received by occupationally exposed workers. The individual doses accumulated over the period 2000-2007 correlated to nuclear laboratory and radiation source (gamma, X-rays) types are in the low radiation range. Dose equivalent Hp(10) was measured by a film dosimeter system; the influence of the measurement accuracy on the results was ...
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Complex Health and Safety Plans (HASP)
Health and Safety Plans (HASP) The most complex Health and Safety Plans (HASP) tend to be for hazardous waste projects or government contracts at high hazard locations. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Department of Interior Bureau of Reclamation are good examples of government entities requiring very detailed HASPs. AtAtlantic Environmental, we have developed HASPs that ranged ...
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See Pulsar Noise Measurement Range at A+A 2017
Global noise measurement product specialist showing products at A+APulsar Instruments will attend A+A with their German distributor Driesen+Kern GmbH. A+A is the world’s largest and most important specialist trade fair for all aspects of safety, security and health at work. The prestigious trade show will run from 17-20 October 2017 in Düsseldorf in Germany. Pulsar Instruments Plc ...
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PureAire Methyl Bromide Monitor Gains Exposure from Lowered 5ppm criteria to 1 ppm Limit
There has been an increased awareness for methyl bromide safety in the past few months. A year ago a worker got sick from breathing high levels of off gassing methyl bromide in a warehouse where commodities were being stored. Commodities coming from overseas must be fumigated in ports, or warehouses upon arrival. September 1, 2011 the California EPA will announce the regulations for methyl ...
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