Criteria for a Recommended Standard Occupational Exposure to Hand-Arm Vibration

By Department of Health and Human Services

Book Id: WPLBN0000017201
Format Type: PDF eBook
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Criteria for a Recommended Standard Occupational Exposure to Hand-Arm Vibration
Author:	Department of Health and Human Services
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Medical research, Medical reports
Collections:	Medical Library Collection
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Publisher:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


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Table of Contents
CONTENTS Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x viii Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x xi I . RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A STANDARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Section 1. Vibration Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Section 2 . Exposure Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Section 3. Medical Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 (a) General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 (b) Preplacement Medical Examinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 (c) Periodic Medical Exanlinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 (d) Medical Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 (e) Information for Health Care Professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 (f) Written Report and Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Section 4 . Control of Vibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 (a) General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 (b) Engineering Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 (c) Work Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 (d) Protective Clothing and Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 (e) Worker Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Section 5 . Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Section 6 . Recordkeeping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 (a) Maintaining Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 (b) Record Retention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 (c) Availability of Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 (d) Transfer of Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 II . INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 vii