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Individuals employed in industries that make or use benzene may be exposed to the highest levels of benzene. These industries include benzene production (petrochemicals, petroleum refining, and coke and coal chemical manufacturing), rubber tire manufacturing, and storage or transport of benzene and petroleum products containing benzene. Other workers who may be exposed to benzene because of their occupations include steel workers, printers, rubber workers, shoe makers, laboratory technicians, firefighters, and gas station employees. The following references provide information about the management of occupational exposures to benzene.
- NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Publication No.
2005-151, (2005,
September).
- Benzene. Provides a physical description, exposure limits, measurement method, personal protection and sanitation, first aid, respirator recommendations, exposure routes, symptoms, target organs, and cancer sites.
- Benzene. OSHA Chemical Sampling Information. Provides a general description, exposure limits, health factors, and monitoring methods used by OSHA.
- Benzene (C6H6). Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 60 KB PDF, 20 pages. Provides medical management guidelines for acute and chronic exposure evaluation of benzene.
- Sampling and Analytical Methods. OSHA Methods.
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Benzene. Fully Validated Method 1005, (2002, September). Covers active
sampling charcoal tubes as well as the passive monitors from SKC 575-002 and
3M 3520 badges.
- Organic Vapors. Method 07, (2000, May).
Covers determination of benzene in workplace air.
With slight modification, this method is a generalized version of validated NIOSH methodology.
- Benzene. Method 12, (1980, August). Covers the validated sampling and analysis method for the determination of benzene in workplace air.
NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods (NMAM). US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Publication No. 94-113, (1994, August). NMAM is a collection of methods for sampling and analysis of contaminants in workplace air, and in the blood and urine of workers who are occupationally exposed. NMAM also includes chapters on quality assurance, sampling, portable instrumentation, etc.
- Volatile Organic Compounds (Screening). Method 2459, (1996, May 15), 93 KB PDF, 8 pages.
- Benzene by Portable GC. Method 3700, (1994, August 15), 20 KB PDF, 4 pages.
- Hydrocarbons, Aromatic. Method 1501, (2003, March 15), 39 KB PDF, 134 pages.
- Hydrocarbons, BP 36°-216 °C BP. Method 1500, (2003, March 15), 127 KB PDF, 8 pages.
Occupational Safety and Health Guideline for Benzene: Potential Human Carcinogen. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Division of Standards Development and Technology Transfer, (1988), 311 KB PDF, 6 pages. Summarizes information on permissible exposure limits, chemical and physical properties, and health hazards.
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