Hazardous waste handbook for health and safety

John Lippitt, Paul Webb, William Martin9780750671354, 0-7506-7135-1

Hazardous Waste Handbook 3E offers a straightforward approach to protecting workers who clean up the nation’s hazardous waste sites and chemical spills. Supervisors and site inspectors will find this handbook very useful in answering occupational health questions at the work site.The manual covers such topics as site characterization, air monitoring, personal protective equipment, decontamination, and site emergencies. Numerous health and safety checklists, hazardous-chemical data sheets, and personal protective equipment recommendations are presented for field decisions. The goal of the book is to provide practical information on protecting workers while also containing the high cost of hazardous chemical waste cleanups.Provides practical information on protecting workers and keeping cleanup costs downDesigned to allow supervisors and site inspectors to find information quicklyOffers numerous health and safety checklists, hazardous chemical data sheets, and recommendations on protective equipment

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Table of contents :
Contents……Page 5
1 INTRODUCTION: LAWS AND REGULATIONS……Page 9
FEDERAL REGULATIONS……Page 10
CHEMICAL EXPOSURE……Page 17
OXYGEN DEFICIENCY……Page 21
PERSONNEL AND RESPONSIBILITIES……Page 29
OFF-SITE CHARACTERIZATION……Page 35
PROTECTION OF ENTRY PERSONNEL……Page 36
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS……Page 43
BIBLIOGRAPHY……Page 50
DEVELOPING A PPE PROGRAM……Page 51
SELECTION OF RESPIRATORY EQUIPMENT……Page 52
SITE PREPARATION……Page 85
SITE WORK ZONES……Page 86
PREVENTING CONTAMINATION……Page 101
DECONTAMINATION METHODS……Page 102
PLANNING……Page 109
PERSONNEL……Page 110
PROGRAM REVIEW AND EVALUATION……Page 121
MONITORING……Page 122
MEDICAL MONITORING EXAMINATION……Page 129
TRAINING PROGRAMS……Page 133
TYPES OF TRAINING……Page 134
DRILLING HAZARDS……Page 139
EXPLOSION AND FIRE HAZARDS……Page 140
13 HAZARDOUS WASTE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY……Page 143
EPA-RCRA REGULATIONS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE TRANSPORTERS……Page 144
A ABBREVIATIONS……Page 153
B ACRONYMS……Page 155
C CHEMICAL FORMULAS……Page 157
D GLOSSARY……Page 159
E SAMPLE SITE SAFETY PLAN……Page 163
F MEDICAL OCCUPATIONAL HISTORY……Page 169
G HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE DATA SHEET……Page 173
SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS……Page 177
RECOMMENDATIONS……Page 179
LEVEL A DECONTAMINATION: A WORST-CASE DECONTAMINATION PROTOCOL……Page 183
LEVEL B DECONTAMINATION……Page 184
HAZARD RECOGNITION……Page 187
K CHEMICAL HAZARD DATA-NIOSH POCKET GUIDE (SAMPLE)……Page 201
III. HOW TO USE THIS POCKET GUIDE……Page 202
DISCIPLINES INVOLVED IN INDUSTRIAL TOXICOLOGY……Page 247
DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS……Page 248
FACTORS INFLUENCING INTENSITY OF TOXIC ACTION……Page 252
Index……Page 259