Certifying personal protective technologies : improving worker safety /

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When you purchase a product, you expect it to work. Construction workers on high-rise buildings need to be confident that their safety harnesses will arrest a fall. Firefighters need to know that their gloves and other protective equipment can withstand high temperatures. Healthcare workers administ...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Certification of Personal Protective Technologies
Otros Autores: Cohen, Howard J., Liverman, Catharyn T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2011.
Colección:Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press.
Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Temas:
Personal protective equipment > Standards > United States.
Industrial safety > United States.
Employees > United States > Safety measures.
Health risk assessment > United States.
Occupational Health
Protective Devices > standards
Vêtements de protection > Normes > États-Unis.
Sécurité du travail > États-Unis.
Personnel > États-Unis > Sécurité > Mesures.
Risques pour la santé > Évaluation > États-Unis.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Industrial Health & Safety.
Employees > Safety measures
Health risk assessment
Industrial safety
Personal protective equipment > Standards
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Role of government agencies in conformity assessment
  • Current PPT conformity assessment processes
  • Impact and issues in conformity assessment for PPT
  • Conformity assessment for non-respirator PPT: a risk-based framework
  • Findings and recommendations
  • Toward a comprehensive approach to safe and effective PPT for workers.

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