Hazardous Chemicals Safety & Compliance
     Handbook for the Metalworking Industries
 
                            Richard P. Pohanish and Stanley A. Greene
                   600 pages,      November 2005          ISBN 0-8311-3261-2   
 
                         Price $ 94.95
 
 
 
OVERVIEW
This unique handbook provides operators and technicians in the metalworking,
machining, and metal finishing industries with an easy-to-use, single-volume
guide to the hazardous materials commonly found in the above sectors.
Containing detailed information on nearly 450 chemical hazards, this work
provides identifiers (foreign and domestic); trade names and chemical synonyms;
physical properties; short- and long-term health effects; guidelines for
exposure; respirators; warnings; incompatibilities; fire data; and OSHA, EPA,
California, and Canadian safety recommendations and regulations. No other
reference offers this kind of integrated compilation of safety and environmental
compliance data or directory information related to these industries. You will
need no other reference!
 
FEATURES
  Includes an extensive introduction outlining and explaining the requirements
        and regulations.
 
  Presents each chemical record in a uniform format of data elements, including
        record number, record name, trade names and chemical synonyms, EEC numbers,
        CAS number, 2004 Emergency Response Guidebook four-digit ID, DOT Hazard
        class or Division, three-digit ERG Guide, molecular formula, RTECS number,
        physical properties, and health and safety information.
 
  Contains extensive appendices including: sources of information, separate lists of
        dangerous oxidizing materials by name and CAS number, an updated list of all
        Poison Control Centers in the U.S., glossary of safety and environmental terms,
        extensive synonym and trade name index, and a complete CAS number index to
        chemicals covered.
 
  Takes an international approach in that chemical records contain: European
        Economic Community ID numbers, European Inventory of Existing Commercial
        Substances ID numbers, Canadian WHMIS ingredients disclosure list levels,
        International Agency for Research on Cancer information about carcinogens,
        and MAK values from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinshaft.
 
  Covers important metalworking hazards such as mineral oil mists and welding fumes.
 
CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction
Occupational Exposure to Metalworking Fluids: Summary and Recommendations
Cleaning and Degreasing: Alternatives, Benefits, and Limitations
Key to Acronyms and Abbreviations
Key to California List of List Regulations
Chemical Records A Z (ACETAL ZIRCONOCENE)
Appendix A: Sources of Information
           Industrial Safety and Health Organizations
           Federal Government Agencies
          Metalworking Trade Associations
           Reference Books and Government Publications
Appendix B: Oxidizing Materials
          By Name/CAS Number
          By CAS Number/Name
Appendix C: Poison Control Centers
Appendix D: Glossary
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