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Criteria for a Recommended Standard-Occupational Exposure to Sodium Hydroxide.


PB246694

Publication Date 1975
Page Count 106
Abstract NIOSH recommends that exposure to sodium hydroxide, also known as caustic soda, lye, and white caustic, should not exceed 2 mg/cu m of air for any 15 minute sampling period. Information is given on toxicity, medical surveillance, sampling and analysis, engineering controls and monitoring and record keeping.
Keywords
  • Hazardous materials
  • Industrial medicine
  • Sodium hydroxide
  • Chemical industry
  • Toxicity
  • Criteria
  • Inspection
  • Standards
  • Recommendations
  • Industrial hygiene
  • Industrial atmospheres
  • Protection
  • Hydroxides
  • Sodium inorganic compounds
  • Exposure
  • Physiological effects
  • Epidemiology
  • Tables(Data)
  • Permissible exposure
  • Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
  • Toxic hazards
  • Air sampling
  • Maximum permissible exposure
Source Agency
  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category
  • 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine
  • 94D - Job Environment
  • 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Rockville, MD.
Supplemental Notes See also PB-246 695.
Document Type Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number 197602
Criteria for a Recommended Standard-Occupational Exposure to Sodium Hydroxide.
Criteria for a Recommended Standard-Occupational Exposure to Sodium Hydroxide.
PB246694

  • Hazardous materials
  • Industrial medicine
  • Sodium hydroxide
  • Chemical industry
  • Toxicity
  • Criteria
  • Inspection
  • Standards
  • Recommendations
  • Industrial hygiene
  • Industrial atmospheres
  • Protection
  • Hydroxides
  • Sodium inorganic compounds
  • Exposure
  • Physiological effects
  • Epidemiology
  • Tables(Data)
  • Permissible exposure
  • Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
  • Toxic hazards
  • Air sampling
  • Maximum permissible exposure
  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
  • 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine
  • 94D - Job Environment
  • 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
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