Handbook of Chemical Health and Safety

This Handbook was planned to be the most complete and comprehensive resource in the field of chemical health and safety. It will be the single most useful text on issues related to chemical safety. It is intended to replace many texts on the subject and be the first place any chemist, chemical hygiene officer, or safety specialist will look for answers. This reference was prepared by subject matter experts and will be the most up-to-date treatment of the subject available. It is the broadest and most complete resource available in the field.

This valuable reference will be the starting point for any chemical safety study, providing complete information and guidance. It will provide the reader with the tools necessary to create and maintain a safe work environment. It will contain the answers to both simple and complex questions related to workplace and environmental laws and regulations. It will be the most useful training tool available to the safety professional to ensure compliance in the ever-changing regulatory world.

This Handbook provides information on proper chemical equipment handling. Guidance on purchasing, storage, use, and disposal is presented in easy-to-understand terms. It includes useful examples of each of these items. The safe use of specialized equipment is outlined and the most current technology described.

Preface
Contributors
Abbreviations and Acronyms

Section 1 : Safety Management and Policy
Chapter 1. : Chemical Laboratory Safety Training
Chapter 2. : Working Alone
Chapter 3. : Personal Hygiene
Chapter 4. : Drug Enforcement Agency Chemical Regulations
Chapter 5. : Laboratory Security
Chapter 6. : Addressing the Human Dynamics of Health and Safety
Chapter 7. : Effective Management of Contractor/Visitor Safety
Chapter 8. : The Chemical Hygiene Plan
Chapter 9. : Chemical Safety Information on the Internet
Chapter 10. : Understanding the Toxic Substances Control Act : Compliance and Reporting Requirements

Section 2 : Risk Management
Chapter 11. : Introduction to Risk Assessment
Chapter 12. : Communicating Risk
Chapter 13. : Standard Operating Procedures
Chapter 14. : Occupational Exposure Limits
Chapter 15. : Industrial Hygiene Exposure Assessment—Data Collection and Management
Chapter 16. : Industrial Hygiene Exposure Assessment––Data Analysis and Interpretation
Chapter 17. : Reproductive Hazards in the Workplace
Chapter 18. : Epidemiology
Chapter 19. : Carcinogenesis
Chapter 20. : Toxicology
Chapter 21. : Process Safety Reviews
Chapter 22. : Safe Entry into Confined Spaces
Chapter 23. : The Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)

Section 3 : Emergency Management
Chapter 24. : Emergency Response Planning and Training
Chapter 25. : Emergency Equipment
Chapter 26. : Emergency Evacuation/Shelter-in-Place
Chapter 27. : Flood Contingency Plans
Chapter 28. : Seismic Safety
Chapter 29. : Accident/Incident Investigation
Chapter 30. : Chemical First Aid

Section 4 : Laboratory Equipment
Chapter 31. : Specialized Instrumentation and Monitors
Chapter 32. : Inert Atmospheres Work
Chapter 33. : Preventive Maintenance
Chapter 34. : Health and Safety in the Microscale Chemistry
Chapter 35. : Laboratory Scale-Up and Pilot Plant Operations
Chapter 36. : Reducing Electrostatic Hazards Associated with Chemical Processing Operations
Chapter 37. : Centrifuge Safety
Chapter 38. : Safe Use of Laboratory Glassware
Chapter 39. : Pressure/Vacuum Containing Systems and Equipment
Chapter 40. : Laboratory Ovens and Furnaces
Chapter 41. : Refrigerator, Freezer, and Cold Room Use in Chemical Laboratories
Chapter 42. : Specialized Laboratory Containment-Control Hoods
Chapter 43. : Laboratory Chemical Hood
Chapter 44. : Biological Safety Cabinets

Section 5 : Chemical Management
Chapter 45. : Material Safety Data Sheets
Chapter 46. : Personal Protective Equipment
Chapter 47. : Incompatibles
Chapter 48. : Corrosives and Irritants
Chapter 49. : Hazardous Catalysts in the Laboratory
Chapter 50. : Flammables and Combustibles
Chapter 51. : Identifying Oxidizing and Reducing Agents
Chapter 52. : Peroxidizable Organic Chemicals
Chapter 53. : Disposal of Shock- and Water-Sensitive, Pyrophoric, and Explosive Materials
Chapter 54. : Compressed Gases
Chapter 55. : Hydrogenations
Chapter 56. : Chemical Inventory Control and Methods
Chapter 57. : Chemical Storage
Chapter 58. : Cryogenic Safety
Chapter 59. : Explosive and Reactive Chemicals

Section 6 : Radiological and Biological Safety
Chapter 60. : Non-Ionizing Radiation
Chapter 61. : Non-Ionizing Radiation : Radio-Frequency and Microwave Radiation
Chapter 62. : Ionizing Radiation : Radiation Safety Program Elements
Chapter 63. : Ionizing Radiation : Fundamentals
Chapter 64. : Radiation Emergency Response, Decontamination, PPE
Chapter 65. : Dosimetry
Chapter 66. : Lasers
Chapter 67. : Biological Safety : Program Elements
Chapter 68. : Research Animal Biosafety
Chapter 69. : Biological Safety : Emergency Response and Decontamination Procedures

Section 7 : Laboratory Design
Chapter 70. : Isolation Technology
Chapter 71. : Lab Design/Radiosynthesis Lab Design
Chapter 72. : High-Pressure Test Cells and Barriers
Chapter 73. : Clean Rooms for Semiconductors
Chapter 74. : Ergonomics in Design
Chapter 75. : Ergonomics Factors in Laboratory Design
Chapter 76. : Design Criteria for New Laboratories and Renovations
Chapter 77. : Moving and Decommissioning Laboratories
Chapter 78. : General Ventilation Design and Control Systems
Chapter 79. : Elevators, Stairs, Ramps, and Step Stools

Section 8 : Environmental Management
Chapter 80. : The Disposal of Chemical Wastes
Chapter 81. : Biological Waste Management
Chapter 82. : Safe Handling of Biohazardous Materials for Transport
Chapter 83. : Radioactive Waste Management and Transportation
Chapter 84. : Waste Minimization : General
Chapter 85. : Waste Minimization : Laboratories
Chapter 86. : Environmental Controls and Liabilities

Index