NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) Occupational Exposure Banding Process for Chemical Risk Management

Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] (CDC NIOSH). Published: 7/2019. This 156-page document provides the background, rationale, and instructions for the occupational exposure banding process, which is a systematic process that uses qualitative and quantitative hazard information on selected health-effect endpoints to identify chemical potential exposure ranges or categories. It is also known as hazard banding or health hazard banding. The document gives guidance for risk managers to identify control levels for chemicals without authoritative occupational exposure limits (OELs), which play a critical role in protecting workers and emergency response personnel from exposure to dangerous concentrations of hazardous materials . (PDF)
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