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RECORD NUMBER: 147 OF 658Main Title | Emergency response and hazardous chemical management : principles and practices / | |||||||||||
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Author | Strong, Clyde B. | |||||||||||
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Publisher | St. Lucie Press, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1997 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 40541528 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 9781884015779; 1884015778 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Hazardous Substances--toxicity ; Safety Management ; Emergencies ; Hazardous Waste ; Accidents, Occupational--prevention & control ; Hazardous substances--Accidents--Management ; Chemicals--Safety measures | |||||||||||
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Collation | xii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | "Produced jointly by The Society of Environmental Management and St. Lucie Press." Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Notes | Introduction : workplace hazards during chemical emergency response actions -- \\Chemistry and properties of hazardous substances -- Toxicology principles -- \\Monitoring and detecting hazardous chemicals -- Industrial hygiene issues -- \\Medical surveillance programs -- Respiratory protection : principles and practices -- \\Chemical protective clothing -- Chemical decontamination : principles and practices -- \\Safety in confined spaces -- Standard operating safety procedures -- Hazardous chemical spill containment -- \Patching and capping of leaking containers -- Techniques for spill stabilization -- \\Preparing hazardous waste for transportation : DOT hazardous waste transportation requirements -- \\Incident analysis and initial response -- Incident command system. |