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Protecting Personnel at Hazardous Waste Sites

  • 3rd Edition - October 4, 1999
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: William Martin, Michael Gochfeld
  • Language: English

The latest edition of Protecting Personnel at Hazardous Waste Sites brings together a wide range of occupational safety and health recommendations and practices directly applying… Read more

Description

The latest edition of Protecting Personnel at Hazardous Waste Sites brings together a wide range of occupational safety and health recommendations and practices directly applying to hazardous waste site cleanups. In addition to providing the most current information on maximum protection for cleanup personnel, this book is a practical, authoritative guide for those involved in cleanup operations.

The completely updated third edition cites the newest OSHA and NIOSH recommendations that have developed over the past decade and explores the new federal emphasis in hazardous waste site cleanups such as radiation safety, toxicology, unexploded ordnance, OSHA training, EPA training, and site health and safety plans.

Key features

  • Covers a wide array of occupational safety and health practices and recommendations applicable to hazardous waste clean-up
  • Provides the most up-to-date information on maximum protection for workers
  • Cites the newest OSHA and NIOSH recommendations and explores federal government emphases in the area

Readership

Environmental health and safety engineers, student and professionalIndustrial hygienists and municipal waste handling, transport, and disposal staff

Table of contents

Introduction and Federal Government ProgramsInformation Gathering, Databases, and Site CharacterizationOccupational Health and Safety Programs for Hazardous WastesToxicology and Risk AssessmentAir Monitoring at Hazardous Waste SitesCompatibility TestingMedical SurveillanceEngineering Controls and Site LayoutPersonal Protective EquipmentHeat Stress in Industrial Protective Encapsulating GarmentsDecontaminationTrainingHealth and Safety and Contingency PlansRadiation SafetyOrdnance, Explosive Waste and Unexploded OrdnanceMonitoring Well Health and SafetyTransportation SafetyISO 9000 and 14000 for Hazardous Waste Operations

Product details

  • Edition: 3
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 5, 2013
  • Language: English

About the authors

WM

William Martin

Affiliations and expertise
PE-Environmental Health Engineer, Health and Safety Consultant

MG

Michael Gochfeld

Affiliations and expertise
Former director of EOHSI in New Jersey, Clinical Professor at the UMDH-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

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