Workplace Exposure Standards and Biological Exposure Indices
Contents
- Preface
- Changes to this Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Basic rights and Responsibilities under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992
- What are the responsibilities for an employer?
- Do employees have responsibilities?
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Target Audience
- 1.2 Legal Requirements
- 1.3 Limitations
- 1.4 Differentiation
- 1.5 Substances without a WES
- 1.6 Routes of Entry
- 1.7 Definitions
- 2. Application and corrections of workplace exposure standards
- 3. Units of Measurement
- 4. Mixed Exposures
- 4.1 Independent Effects
- 4.2 Additive Effects
- 4.3 Greater than Additive Effects
- 5. Aerosols
- 5.1 Particle Deposition
- 6. Carcinogens
- 6.1 R-phrases and HSNO Equivalents for Carcinogenicity
- 7. Skin Absorption
- 8. Work Load
- 9. Sensitisers
- 10. Simple Asphyxiants
- 11. Inhalable Dust
- 11.1 Inhalable Dust
- 11.2 Respirable Dust
- 12. Rubber Fume and Rubber Process Dust
- 13. Carbon Monoxide (CO)
- Short-term Excursions for CO Exposure
- Reference Key for Table of Workplace Exposure Standards
- Workplace Exposure Standards
- Biololgical Exposure Indices
- 1. Biololgical Exposure Indices
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Exposure Periods
- 1.3 Effectiveness
- 1.4 Biological Assays
- 1.5 Legal Requirements
- 1.6 Issues with Biological Monitoring
- 1.7 Information prior to Monitoring
- 1.8 Sample Collection
- 1.9 Interpretation of Results
- 2. Lead Biological Exposure Indices
- Table of Biological Exposure Indices
- Appendix 1: Definitions
- Appendix 2: References
