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A Guide for Protecting Workers from Woodworking Hazards

Product Description: Machines used in woodworking are dangerous, particularly when used improperly or without proper safeguards. Workers operating woodworking equipment suffer the following common injuries: laceration, amputation, severed fingers, and blindness...read more

By Occupational Safety and Health Administration (corporate author) and U. S. Department of Labor (corporate author)

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9781497388468 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 19, 2014, cover price $9.49 | About this edition: Machines used in woodworking are dangerous, particularly when used improperly or without proper safeguards.

Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for an Influenza Pandemic

Product Description: A pandemic is a global disease outbreak. An influenza pandemic occurs when a new influenza virus emerges for which there is little or no immunity in the human population, begins to cause serious illness and then spreads easily person-to-person worldwide...read more

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9781497388505 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 19, 2014, cover price $14.59 | About this edition: A pandemic is a global disease outbreak.

Hazard Communication: Small Entity Compliance Guide for Employers That Use Hazardous Chemicals

Product Description: Chemicals have become an important element of almost every aspect of modern life. All of these chemicalsâfrom cleaning fluids to pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and paintsâare produced in workplaces, and may be used in workplaces downstream...read more

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9781497376076 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 19, 2014, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Chemicals have become an important element of almost every aspect of modern life.

Protecting Yourself from Noise in Construction: Worker Safety Series

Product Description: The guidance is advisory in nature, informational in content, and is intended to help construction workers and supervisors understand and reduce noise exposure on job sites. Employers are required to comply with safety and health standards as issued and enforced by either the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), or an OSHA-approved State Plan...read more

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9781497374621 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 19, 2014, cover price $11.59 | About this edition: The guidance is advisory in nature, informational in content, and is intended to help construction workers and supervisors understand and reduce noise exposure on job sites.

Warehousing: Worker Safety Series

Product Description: More than 145,000 people work in over 7,000 warehouses. The fatal injury rate for the warehousing industry is higher than the national average for all industries. Potential hazards for workers in warehousing: Unsafe use of forklifts; Improper stacking of products; Failure to use proper personal protective equipment; Failure to follow proper lockout/tagout procedures; Inadequate fire safety provisions; or Repetitive motion injuries...read more

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9781497388604 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 19, 2014, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: More than 145,000 people work in over 7,000 warehouses.

Guidance for the Identification and Control of Safety and Health Hazards in Metal Scrap Recycling

Product Description: Anyone who works in the metal scrap recycling industryâemployers, employees, safety professionals, and industrial hygienistsâshould read this publication. This guide can help you identify and manage the hazards associated with exposure to various metals and processing chemicals and with related processes and equipment used in metal scrap recycling operations...read more

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9781497377318 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 19, 2014, cover price $14.59 | About this edition: Anyone who works in the metal scrap recycling industryâemployers, employees, safety professionals, and industrial hygienistsâshould read this publication.

Training Requirements in Osha Standards and Training Guidelines

Product Description: Many standards promulgated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) explicitly require the employer to train employees in the safety and health aspects of their jobs. Other OSHA standards make it the employerâs responsibility to limit certain job assignments to employees who are âcertified,â âcompetent,â or âqualifiedââmeaning that they have had special previous training, in or out of the workplace...read more

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9781497377387 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 18, 2014, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Many standards promulgated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) explicitly require the employer to train employees in the safety and health aspects of their jobs.

Lead in Construction

Product Description: Pure lead (Pb) is a heavy metal at room temperature and pressure. A basic chemical element, it can combine with various other substances to form numerous lead compounds. Lead has been poisoning workers for thousands of years. Lead can damage the central nervous system, cardiovascular system, reproductive system, hematological system, and kidneys...read more

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9781497374492 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 18, 2014, cover price $11.59 | About this edition: Pure lead (Pb) is a heavy metal at room temperature and pressure.

Hazard Communication Guidelines for Compliance

Product Description: OSHAâs Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) is based on a simple conceptâthat employees have both a need and a right to know the hazards and identities of the chemicals they are exposed to when working. They also need to know what protective measures are available to prevent adverse effects from occurring...read more

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9781497375093 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 18, 2014, cover price $8.79 | About this edition: OSHAâs Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) is based on a simple conceptâthat employees have both a need and a right to know the hazards and identities of the chemicals they are exposed to when working.

Methylene Chloride

Product Description: Methylene chloride, also called dichloromethane, is a volatile, colorless liquid with a chloroform-like odor. Methylene chloride is used in various industrial processes in many different industries: paint stripping, pharmaceutical manufacturing, paint remover manufacturing, metal cleaning and degreasing, adhesives manufacturing and use, polyurethane foam production, film base manufacturing, polycarbonate resin production, and solvent distribution and formulation...read more

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9781497375789 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 18, 2014, cover price $5.39 | About this edition: Methylene chloride, also called dichloromethane, is a volatile, colorless liquid with a chloroform-like odor.

The Occupational Health Professional's Services and Qualifications: Questions and Answers

Product Description: Controlling occupational injuries and illnesses and related expenditures is a top priority in most companies. Selecting a qualified health care professional to participate in the workplace safety and health activities can be a vital step in this process...read more

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9781497375468 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 18, 2014, cover price $10.59 | About this edition: Controlling occupational injuries and illnesses and related expenditures is a top priority in most companies.

Best Practices Guide

Product Description: First aid is emergency care provided for injury or sudden illness before emergency medical treatment is available. The first-aid provider in the workplace is someone who is trained in the delivery of initial medical emergency procedures, using a limited amount of equipment to perform a primary assessment and intervention while awaiting arrival of emergency medical service (EMS) personnel...read more

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9781497377233 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 18, 2014, cover price $12.59 | About this edition: First aid is emergency care provided for injury or sudden illness before emergency medical treatment is available.

Grain Handling

Product Description: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its Grain Handling Standard. Title 29. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Part 1910.272. in 1987 to protect workers exposed to fires and explosions. Excessive amounts of grain dust was one of the major causes of these devastating catastrophes that killed or maimed hundreds of workers...read more

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9781497374560 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 18, 2014, cover price $11.99 | About this edition: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its Grain Handling Standard.

Longshoring Industry

Product Description: This booklet contains all the safety and health standards concerning the marine terminal and longshoring industries, as contained in Title 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 1917 and 1918, as of June 30, 2000. Also, included are brief discussions about: 1...read more

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9781497374218 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 18, 2014, cover price $23.99 | About this edition: This booklet contains all the safety and health standards concerning the marine terminal and longshoring industries, as contained in Title 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 1917 and 1918, as of June 30, 2000.

Controlling Electrical Hazards

Product Description: This booklet provides an overview of basic electrical safety on the job. Electricity is essential to modern life, both at home and on the job. Some employees â engineers, electricians, electronic technicians, and power line workers, among them â work with electricity directly...read more

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9781497346369 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 15, 2014, cover price $16.59 | About this edition: This booklet provides an overview of basic electrical safety on the job.

Job Hazard Analysis

Product Description: This booklet is for employers, foremen, and supervisors, but we encourage employees to use the information as well to analyze their own jobs and recognize workplace hazards so they can report them to you. It explains what a job hazard analysis is and offers guidelines to help you conduct your own step-by-step analysis...read more

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9781497347281 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 15, 2014, cover price $12.39 | About this edition: This booklet is for employers, foremen, and supervisors, but we encourage employees to use the information as well to analyze their own jobs and recognize workplace hazards so they can report them to you.

Hexavalent Chromium

Product Description: This publication is intended to supplement OSHAâs Small Entity Compliance Guide for the Hexavalent Chromium Standards published in 2006 and to give readers an overview of the provisions and requirements of the Hexavalent Chromium standards for general industry (29 CFR 1910...read more

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9781497347038 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 15, 2014, cover price $5.39 | About this edition: This publication is intended to supplement OSHAâs Small Entity Compliance Guide for the Hexavalent Chromium Standards published in 2006 and to give readers an overview of the provisions and requirements of the Hexavalent Chromium standards for general industry (29 CFR 1910.

Small Entity Compliance Guide for the Final Rule for Cranes and Derricks in Construction

Product Description: This guide is intended to help small businesses comply with OSHAâs standard for Cranes and Derricks in Construction. It is designed to address the most common compliance issues that employers will face and to provide sufficient detail to serve as a useful compliance guide...read more

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9781497346529 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 15, 2014, cover price $17.59 | About this edition: This guide is intended to help small businesses comply with OSHAâs standard for Cranes and Derricks in Construction.

Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response

Product Description: The dumping of hazardous substances poses a significant threat to the environment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agencyâs (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) data show that over 18 million tons of hazardous substances covered by TRI were disposed of or released into the environment from 1998 through 2004...read more

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9781497347144 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 15, 2014, cover price $13.39 | About this edition: The dumping of hazardous substances poses a significant threat to the environment.

Hand and Power Tools

Product Description: This booklet is designed to present to employees and employers a summary of the basic safety procedures and safeguards associated with hand and portable power tools. Material in this booklet is based on the standards of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; this booklet, however, should not be considered as a substitute for the full safety and health standards for general industry or for the construction industry...read more

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9781497346826 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 15, 2014, cover price $10.59 | About this edition: This booklet is designed to present to employees and employers a summary of the basic safety procedures and safeguards associated with hand and portable power tools.

Indoor Air Quality in Commercial and Institutional Buildings

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9781497347366 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 15, 2014, cover price $12.39

Deck Barge Safety

Product Description: This publication presents guidance on preventing injuries and illnesses from workplace hazards on deck barges. Approximately 4,000 deck barges operate in the United States, using different types of winches and other equipment in a variety of operations...read more

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9781497346918 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 15, 2014, cover price $12.39 | About this edition: This publication presents guidance on preventing injuries and illnesses from workplace hazards on deck barges.

Best Practices for the Safe Use of Glutaraldehyde in Health Care

Product Description: This publication describes best practices for the safe use of glutaraldehyde in health care facilities. Glutaraldehyde is used widely as a cold sterilant to disinfect a variety of heat-sensitive instruments, such as endoscopes, bronchoscopes, and dialysis equipment...read more

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9781497346680 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 15, 2014, cover price $11.69 | About this edition: This publication describes best practices for the safe use of glutaraldehyde in health care facilities.

Employer Rights and Responsibilities Following a Federal Osha Inspection

Product Description: This publication contains important information regarding employer rights and responsibilities following a Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspection under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act), as amended...read more

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9781497346741 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 15, 2014, cover price $9.79 | About this edition: This publication contains important information regarding employer rights and responsibilities following a Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspection under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act), as amended.

Construction

Product Description: Nearly 6.5 million people work at approximately 252,000 construction sites across the nation on any given day. The fatal injury rate for the construction industry is higher than the national average in this category for all industries...read more

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9781497346253 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 14, 2014, cover price $12.39 | About this edition: Nearly 6.

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