Hazmat Emergency Train Derailment, Livingston Louisiana 1982
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Tags: chemical chloride derailment DOT emergency EPA evacuation hazardous hazmat hazwoper incident Livingston Louisiana materials NIEHS OSHA railroad response train vinyl
On the early morning of September 28, 1982, Illinois Central Gulf Railroad freight train) derailed 43 cars on the single main track in Livingston, Louisiana. Of the derailed cars, 36 were tank cars; 27 of these cars contained various regulated hazardous or toxic chemical commodities, 2 contained...
Measuring Radiation 1963
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Tags: DOE dose dosimeter EPA GM hazwoper hygiene industrial Meter monitoring NIOSH OSHA Radiation
When scientists measure radiation, they use different terms depending on whether they are discussing radiation coming from a radioactive source, the radiation dose absorbed by a person, or the risk that a person will suffer health effects (biological risk) from exposure to radiation. Most...
How the Ear Works 1950s
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Tags: control decibel dosimeter engineering EPA hazard hazwoper hearing hygiene industrial level loss meter NIOSH noise OSHA sound
Work-related hearing loss continues to be a critical workplace safety and health issue. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the occupational safety and health community named hearing loss one of the 21 priority areas for research in the 21st century....
Radioactive Fallout on Food 1963
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Tags: contamination decontamination DOE fallout food hazwoper hygiene industrial NIOSH OSHA protection radiation radioactive
For more information, read the on-line book, Nuclear War Survival Skills:Updated and Expanded, 1987 Edition, available at http://www.oism.org/nwss/s73p904.htm . This book draws extensively on the authors understanding of the problems of civil defense acquired as a result of his own field...
OSHA, NIOSH and the OSH Review Commission, 1990
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The 1970 OSHACT created three primary agencies to advance worker health and safety OSHA, a regulatory agency (http://www.osha.gov/ ); NIOSH, primarily a research agency (http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ ) and the lesser known Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC)...
OSHA General Duty Clause 1990
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The General Duty Clause (5a1) has an important use for US workers. Sometimes there is a hazard, but OSHA has no specific rule or standard dealing with it. Under the General Duty Clause, the employer has an obligation to protect workers from serious and recognized workplace hazards even where...
What is Cancer ? 1950s
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A variety of occupational risks is known to cause cancer. Every year more than seven million people die of cancer. Forty percent of these cases could be prevented which means that one in every ten cancer deaths is preventable through interventions targeted on exposure in the working environment....
Radiation Danger to Cells 1963
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A basic look at the danger of radiation to cells. However, this clip only looks at the acute effects which were apparent from the outset. Too much x-radiation caused recurrent reddening of the skin or loss of hair, hours or days later, often followed by painful radiation burns. By 1897, 69...
Handling Radiation Safely 1950s
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- Author: markdcatlin
Tags: AEC ALARA controls DOE engineering hazwoper health hygiene industrial NIOSH nuclear OSHA radiation radioactive safety
An excellent book on book on the history behind the safety standards limiting the effects of high energy radiation on human is Multiple Exposures: Chronicles of the Radiation Age by Catherine Caufield and published by University of Chicago Press in 1990 and on the web...
Protection Against Radioactive Fallout 1963
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Time, distance and shielding - the three basics of radiation protection. For detailed information, read the on-line book, Nuclear War Survival Skills:Updated and Expanded, 1987 Edition, available at http://www.oism.org/nwss/s73p904.htm . This book draws extensively on the authors understanding...
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