Handbook of occupational safety and health

Content: Intro
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
 CONTRIBUTORS
 FOREWORD
 PART I: RECOGNITION AND CONTROL OF HAZARDS
 CHAPTER 1: RECOGNITION OF HEALTH HAZARDS IN THE WORKPLACE
 1.1 INTRODUCTION
 1.2 ABRASIVE BLASTING
 1.3 ACID AND ALKALI CLEANING OF METALS
 1.4 DEGREASING
 1.5 ELECTROPLATING
 1.6 GRINDING, POLISHING, AND BUFFING
 1.7 HEAT TREATING
 1.8 METAL MACHINING
 1.9 NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING
 1.10 METAL THERMAL SPRAYING
 1.11 PAINTING
 1.12 SOLDERING AND BRAZING
 1.13 WELDING
 BIBLIOGRAPHY
 CHAPTER 2: INFORMATION RESOURCES FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
 2.1 INTRODUCTION 2.2 THE INTERNET AND OTHER REFERENCE TOOLS2.3 COLLECTING AND ORGANIZING DATA
 2.4 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT
 2.5 CONCLUSION
 APPENDIX A
 CHAPTER 3: ERGONOMICS: ACHIEVING SYSTEM BALANCE THROUGH ERGONOMIC ANALYSIS AND CONTROL
 3.1 INTRODUCTION
 3.2 JOB ANALYSIS
 3.3 WORK FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN PERFORMING JOB ANALYSES
 3.4 WHEN TO CONDUCT JOB ANALYSES
 3.5 JOB ANALYSIS STEPS
 3.6 JOB ANALYSIS METHODS
 3.7 ASSESSING MANUAL HANDLING TASKS
 3.8 IDENTIFY POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
 3.9 SELECTION AND EVALUATION OF SOLUTIONS
 3.10 AN EXAMPLE OF JOB ANALYSIS FORMS
 3.11 SUMMARY
 APPENDIX A
 APPENDIX B APPENDIX CAPPENDIX BIBLIOGRAPHY
 TEXT BIBLIOGRAPHY
 RESOURCES (PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE FROM AREA OSHA OFFICES, EXCEPT AS NOTED)
 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
 CHAPTER 4: EVALUATION OF EXPOSURE TO CHEMICAL AGENTS
 4.1 SAMPLING STRATEGY
 4.2 METHODS FOR GASES AND VAPORS
 4.3 METHODS FOR AEROSOLS
 4.4 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
 4.5 SURFACE SAMPLING
 BIBLIOGRAPHY
 APPENDIX A
 APPENDIX B
 APPENDIX C
 APPENDIX D
 APPENDIX E
 APPENDIX F
 CHAPTER 5: STATISTICAL METHODS FOR OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT
 5.1 INTRODUCTION
 5.2 VARIABILITY IN EXPOSURES AND EXPOSURE MEASUREMENT 5.3 THE NORMAL AND LOGNORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS5.4 CONFIDENCE INTERVALS
 5.5 PARAMETRIC HYPOTHESIS TESTS
 5.6 NONPARAMETRIC EQUIVALENTS TO THE t-TESTS
 5.7 COMPARING MORE THAN TWO MEANS WITH ONE-WAY ANOVA
 5.8 TWO-WAY ANOVA
 5.9 EXPLORING THE UPPER TAIL OF THE EXPOSURE DISTRIBUTION
 5.10 CONCLUSION
 REFERENCES
 CHAPTER 6: EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF EXPOSURE TO INFECTIOUS AGENTS
 6.1 INTRODUCTION
 6.2 INFECTIOUS DISEASES: BASIC PRINCIPLES
 6.3 EVALUATING EXPOSURE TO BIOLOGICAL AGENTS
 6.4 INFECTIOUS DISEASE PREVENTION
 6.5 CONCLUSIONS
 CASE STUDIES
 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
 ABBREVIATIONS
 LATIN NAMES AGENCIES AND ASSOCIATIONSREFERENCES
 CHAPTER 7: OCCUPATIONAL DERMATOSES
 7.1 INTRODUCTION
 7.2 PERCUTANEOUS ABSORPTION
 7.3 CAUSAL FACTORS
 7.4 DIRECT CAUSES OF OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE
 7.5 PHYSICAL FINDINGS OF OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE
 7.6 SOME SIGNS OF SYSTEMIC INTOXICATION FOLLOWING PERCUTANEOUS ABSORPTION
 7.7 DIAGNOSIS
 7.8 TREATMENT
 7.9 PREVENTION
 GLOSSARY
 BIBLIOGRAPHY
 CHAPTER 8: INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN NONINDUSTRIAL OCCUPATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS
 8.1 INTRODUCTION
 8.2 INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS
 8.3 PROBLEM BUILDING STUDIES
 8.4 VENTILATION SYSTEMS IN NONINDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS