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Hazardous waste handbook for health and safety / William F. Martin, John M. Lippitt, Paul Webb.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, William F.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental health--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Environmental health.
- Hazardous waste sites--Health aspects--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Hazardous waste sites.
- Hazardous waste sites--Safety measures--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (263 p.)
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
- Other Title:
- Hazardous waste handbook
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Hazardous Waste Handbook 3E offers a straightforward approach to protecting workers who clean up the nation's hazardous waste sites and chemical spills. Supervisors and site inspectors will find this handbook very useful in answering occupational health questions at the work site.The manual covers such topics as site characterization, air monitoring, personal protective equipment, decontamination, and site emergencies. Numerous health and safety checklists, hazardous-chemical data sheets, and personal protective equipment recommendations are presented for field decisions. The goal o
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright Page; Contents; Authors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Introduction: Laws and Regulations; Chapter 2. Hazards; Chapter 3. Planning and Organization; Chapter 4. Site Characterization; Chapter 5. Air Monitoring; Chapter 6. Personal Protective Equipment; Chapter 7. Site Control and Work Practices; Chapter 8. Decontamination; Chapter 9. Spills and Site Emergencies; Chapter 10. Medical Monitoring Programs; Chapter 11. Training; Chapter 12. Monitoring Well Safety at Hazardous Sites; Chapter 13. Hazardous Waste Transportation Safety; Appendix A. Abbreviations
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-01446-X
- 9786611014469
- 0-08-049516-8
- OCLC:
- 476070461
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