Bisesi and Kohn’s industrial hygiene evaluation methods

Michael S. Bisesi1566705959, 9781566705950

Professionals and students in the field of industrial hygiene need a concise guide that thoroughly covers the practical methods of evaluating health threats in the workplace.Bisesi and Kohn’s Industrial Hygiene Evaluation Methods, Second Edition introduces basic methods for evaluating work and some non-work environments in order to detect and measure physical, chemical and biological agents, as well as hazardous ergonomic factors. The book is divided into relatively short units that provide concise overviews and descriptions of basic concepts. Each unit is followed by practical technical exercises. These exercises foster the understanding of basic industrial hygiene principles and practices for collection, detection, identification, calculation, and interpretation of qualitative and quantitative data. Exercises can be conducted in a setting in which agents and other factors are detectable and measurable. Alternatively, the simulated evaluation exercises that are included can be conducted in a classroom or laboratory.This book is an introductory reference for environmental and occupational health and safety students and practitioners. It is an indispensable tool that illustrates methods fundamental to industrial hygiene practice, and is just as valuable in the professional’s office as it is in the classroom.

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Table of contents :
Front cover……Page 1
Preface……Page 8
Acknowledgments……Page 10
About the Author……Page 12
Contents……Page 14
UNIT 1 Evaluation of Hazardous Agents and Factors in Occupational and Nonoccupational Environments……Page 26
UNIT 2 Hazardous Environmental Agents and Factors……Page 34
UNIT 3 Sampling and Analytical Instruments Used to Evaluate the Occupational Environment: Generic Descriptions and Some Related Aspects of Calibration……Page 44
UNIT 4 Evaluation of Airborne Total Particulate: Integrated Personal and Area Monitoring Using an Air Sampling Pump with a Polyvinyl Chloride Filter Medium……Page 60
UNIT 5 Evaluation of Airborne Respirable Particulate: Integrated Personal and Area Monitoring Using an Air Sampling Pump with a Polyvinyl Chloride Filter Medium and Dorr-Oliver Cyclone……Page 76
UNIT 6 Evaluation of Airborne Fibers as Asbestos: Integrated Personal and Area Monitoring Using an Air Sampling Pump with a Mixed Cellulose Ester Filter Medium……Page 92
UNIT 7 Evaluation of Airborne Metal Dusts and Fumes: Integrated Personal and Area Monitoring Using an Air Sampling Pump with Mixed Cellulose Ester Filter Medium……Page 112
UNIT 8 Evaluation of Airborne Particulate: Instantaneous Area Sampling Using a Direct-Reading Aerosol Meter……Page 130
UNIT 9 Evaluation of Airborne Organic Gases and Vapors: Integrated Personal and Area Monitoring Using an Air Sampling Pump with a Solid Adsorbent Medium……Page 136
UNIT 10 Evaluation of Airborne Inorganic and Organic Gases, Vapors, and Mists: Integrated Personal and Area Monitoring Using an Air Sampling Pump with a Liquid Absorbent Medium……Page 154
UNIT 11 Evaluation of Airborne Combustible and Oxygen Gases: Instantaneous Area Monitoring Using a Combined Combustible and Oxygen Gas Meter……Page 168
UNIT 12 Evaluation of Airborne Inorganic and Organic Gases and Vapors: Instantaneous Area Monitoring Using a Piston or Bellows Air Sampling Pump with a Solid Sorbent Detector Tube Medium……Page 176
UNIT 13 Evaluation of Airborne Toxic Gases and Vapors: Instantaneous Area Monitoring Using Organic Gas and Vapor Meters……Page 184
UNIT 14 Evaluation of Surface and Source Contaminants: Monitoring Using Wipe and Bulk Sample Techniques……Page 190
UNIT 15 Evaluation of Airborne Bioaerosols: Integrated Area Monitoring Using an Air Sampling Pump with an Impactor and Nutrient Agar Medium……Page 198
UNIT 16 Evaluation of Airborne Sound Levels: Instantaneous Area Monitoring Using a Sound Level Meter and an Octave Band Analyzer……Page 210
UNIT 17 Evaluation of Airborne Sound Levels: Integrated Personal Monitoring Using an Audio Dosimeter……Page 216
UNIT 18 Evaluation of Personal Hearing Thresholds: Instantaneous Personal Monitoring Using an Audiometer……Page 222
UNIT 19 Evaluation of Heat Stress: Instantaneous Area Monitoring Using a Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature Assembly and Meter……Page 228
UNIT 20 Evaluation of Illumination: Instantaneous Area Monitoring Using a Light Meter……Page 234
UNIT 21 Evaluation of Airborne Microwave Radiation: Instantaneous Monitoring Using a Microwave Meter……Page 238
UNIT 22 Evaluation of Airborne Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields: Instantaneous Area Monitoring Using a Combined Electric and Magnetic Fields Meter……Page 244
UNIT 23 Evaluation of Airborne Ionizing Radiation: Instantaneous Area Monitoring Using an Ionizing Radiation Meter……Page 248
UNIT 24 Evaluation of Ergonomic Factors: Conducting Anthropometric and Workstation Measurements……Page 254
UNIT 25 Evaluation of Air Pressure, Velocity, and Flow Rate: Instantaneous Monitoring of a Ventilation System Using a Pitot Tube with Manometer and a Velometer……Page 262
UNIT 26 Evaluation of Personal Protective Equipment: Selection, Maintenance, and Fit of Dermal and Respiratory Protective Devices……Page 272
UNIT 27 Evaluation of Personal Pulmonary Function: Instantaneous Monitoring Using an Integrated Electronic Spirometer……Page 282
APPENDIX A Industrial Hygiene Sampling Strategies, Calculations of Time-Weighted Averages, and Statistical Analysis……Page 286
APPENDIX B Example: Outlined Format of an Industrial Hygiene Evaluation Report……Page 300
APPENDIX C Answers to Case Studies for Units 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9 and Problem Sets in Appendix A……Page 302
Bibliography and Recommended References……Page 310
INDEX……Page 312
Back cover……Page 314