E-Books:Workplace exposure limits

Workplace exposure limits

Containing the list of workplace exposure limits for use with the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations.It is 74-pages and was published in 2005.  Common workplace health hazards such as chemicals, dusts, and fumes are reviewed.  The latest updated European exposure limits are discussed (some of which are more stringent than U.S. limits).   Monitoring methods are covered as well as proven solutions/controls.   This book should be of special value to to those companies with international operations.

Contents

Foreword 5

 Introduction 8

European occupational exposure limits 8

Workplace exposure limits (WELs) 8

WELs and the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (as amended) (COSHH) 9

Employees and the self-employed 9

Data Protection Act 9

List of workplace exposure limits (WELs) 10

Annotations 10

Table 1: List of approved workplace exposure limits (as consolidated with amendments, December 2011) 11

Supplementary information for Table 1 30

Definitions 30

Substances which are special cases under COSHH 33 Applying occupational exposure limits 37

Scope of the limits 37 Long-term and short-term exposure limits 37

Units of measurement 38 Conversion and rounding of WELS expressed in ppm to mg.m-3 38

Calculation of exposure 38 Limitations to the application of exposure limits 39

Other factors 39

Absorption through the skin 39

Calculation methods 40

Calculation of exposure with regard to the specified reference periods 40

Notice of Approval 40

Schedule 41

The short-term reference period 43

Methods of measurement and calculation for determining the fibre concentrations of MMMF 43

Notice of Approval 43

Schedule 44

Health and Safety Executive EH40/2005 Workplace Exposure Limits Page 4 of 74

Monitoring exposure 45

Personal/workplace air monitoring 45

Biological monitoring (see also Table 2) 45

Mixed exposures 47 WELs for mixtures

47 Hydrocarbon solvents 47

Reciprocal calculation procedure for mixtures of hydrocarbon solvents 47

Effects of mixed exposures 49

Risk assessment and control 49

Monitoring mixed exposure 50

Complicating factors 51

Table 2: Biological monitoring guidance values (BMGVs) 52

List of synonyms 53

References 72

Further information 74

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