Recognition of Health Hazards in Industry
A Review of Materials Processes
An authoritative and practical guide to identifying major health issues in the workplace with an overview of common control approaches. Contains detailed surveys of work tasks in a wide range of industries, enabling readers to recognize health problems in facility design and operation and to relate medical symptoms to job exposure. New to this edition: discussion of microelectronics, chemical processing and plastics fabrication; increased coverage of published exposure information; epidemiologic and other health status studies.
Partial table of contents:
Elements in the Recognition of Health Hazards.
METAL PRODUCTION.
Metal Production--Aluminum, Iron, and Steel.
METAL PREPARATION.
Abrasive Blasting.
Metal Degreasing.
METAL PRODUCT FABRICATION.
Forging.
Welding.
Heat Treating.
METAL FINISHING.
Electroplating.
Painting.
CHEMICAL-BASED PRODUCTS.
Chemical Processing.
Petroleum Refineries.
Plastic Products.
ELECTRONICS.
Microelectronics.
Batteries.
MINERALS.
Quarrying.
Mining.
Asphalt Products.
Ceramic Products.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Pulp and Paper.
Textile Fibers--Cotton and Rayon.
Appendices.
Index.
Elements in the Recognition of Health Hazards.
METAL PRODUCTION.
Metal Production--Aluminum, Iron, and Steel.
METAL PREPARATION.
Abrasive Blasting.
Metal Degreasing.
METAL PRODUCT FABRICATION.
Forging.
Welding.
Heat Treating.
METAL FINISHING.
Electroplating.
Painting.
CHEMICAL-BASED PRODUCTS.
Chemical Processing.
Petroleum Refineries.
Plastic Products.
ELECTRONICS.
Microelectronics.
Batteries.
MINERALS.
Quarrying.
Mining.
Asphalt Products.
Ceramic Products.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Pulp and Paper.
Textile Fibers--Cotton and Rayon.
Appendices.
Index.
WILLIAM A. BURGESS is Associate Professor of Occupational Health Engineering, Emeritus, at the Harvard School of Public Health. He is the 1996 recipient of the Donald E. Cummings Memorial Award of the American Industrial Hygiene Association, and the author of Recognition of Health Hazards in Industry.
