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Asbestos
- What is Asbestos?
- Sources of Asbestos in a House
- ATSDR – Asbestos
- EPA – Asbestos in Brakes
- CDC – Asbestos
- EPA – Asbestos in your Home
- EPA – Asbestos and Schools
- EPA – Asbestos in Schools Publications
- NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Asbestos
- OSHA – Asbestos 29 CFR 1910.1001
- OSHA – Asbestos 29 CFR 1915.1001
- OSHA – Asbestos 29 CFR 1926.1101
- OSHA – Asbestos-Automotive Brake and Clutch Repair Work {new}
- OSHA’s Asbestos Standard for the Construction Industry 1926.1101
- OSHA eTool for Hospitals – Asbestos Exposure
- OSHA – Fact Sheet: Protecting Workers from Asbestos Hazards
- OSHA – General Fact Sheet
- OSHA – List of Asbestos Hazards Resources
- OSHA – List of OSHA Asbestos Standards
- OSHA – Safety and Health Topics: Asbestos
- PleuralMesothelioma.com {Thank you Nicholas Hare, Public Awareness Director}
- Benzene
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Burning Hose Identification & Security Device, BHISD
- BHISD Color Brochure
- BHISD Color Flyer
- Federal Register 29 CFR 1915 Preamble and Subpart P {click on Edit, then Find (on this Page) and type in “16b”}
- OSHA – Fire Protection 29 CFR 1910 Subpart L
- OSHA – Fire Protection in Shipyard Employment {PowerPoint presentation}
- OSHA – Fire Protection in Shipyard Employment 29 CFR 1915 Subpart P; Final Rule – 69:55667-55708
- OSHA – Shipyard Fire Protection Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- OSHA – 29 CFR 1915.503 (b)(2)(iv) {scroll down to bottom of the page}
- OSHA – Letter of Interpretation for the BHISD
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Carbon Monoxide
- CDC – Environmental Hazards and Health Effects: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- EPA – Indoor Air Quality (IAQ): An Introduction to Indoor Air Quality: Carbon Monoxide (CO)
- OSHA – Fact Sheet: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- OSHA – Quick Card: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- NIOSH Safety and Health Topic – Carbon Monoxide Dangers in Boating
- Cold Stress – also refer to NOAA and Weather headings below
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Confined Spaces – refer to Marine Chemist heading below Diesel Fuel
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Drinking Water – refer to Water heading below Dust
- CSB Safety Message – Take More Action to Prevent Dust Explosions {YouTube Video}
- OSHA – Combustible Dust in Industry: Preventing and Mitigating the Effects of Fire and Explosions
- OSHA Instruction- Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program CPL 03-00-006
- OSHA – Mineral Dusts 29 CFR 1910.1000 TABLE Z-3
- Flu – refer to Influenza heading below Gasoline
- Hazardous Waste
- Hearing- refer to Noise heading below Heat Stress – also refer to Weather heading below
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Hexavalent Chromium, Cr (VI)
- Federal Register: October 4, 2004 [Proposed Rules] – Occupational Exposure to Hexavalent Chromium
- Federal Register: February 28, 2006 [Final Rule] – Occupational Exposure to Hexavalent Chromium
- OSHA – Fact Sheet: Health Effects of Hexavalent Chromium
- OSHA Instruction – Inspection Procedures for the Chromium (IV) Standards {new}
- OSHA National News Release: OSHA Issues Final Standard on Hexavalent Chromium
- OSHA – Safety and Health Topics: Hexavalent Chromium
- OSHA Small Entity Compliance Guide for the Hexavalent Chromium Standards {new}
- OSHA Trade News Release 10/01/2004 – OSHA Proposes Revised Rule on Hexavalent Chromium
- Naval Shipbuilding Research Panel (NSRP) – Hexavalent Chromium Exposures Report {new}
- NIOSH – Safety and Health Topic: Hexavalent Chromium
- Hydrogen Sulfide
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Indoor Air Quality – refer to Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) heading below Industrial Hygienist
- What is a Certified Industrial Hygienist, CIH
- AIChE – Essential Practices for Managing Chemical Reactivity Hazards {free book}
- OSHA – Limits for Air Contaminants 29 CFR 1910.1000 TABLE Z-1
- OSHA – (Other Toxic and Hazardous Substances) 29 CFR 1910.1000 TABLE Z-2
- NASCO – Chemical Splash Standards
- NIH/NLM – Household Products Database {includes MSDS search for effects of products (e.g. headaches)}
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Influenza
- ASSE – “Avian Flu: Infection Control Guidelines”
- Audubon – Avian Influenza Information
- CDC – Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
- CDC – Clean Hands Save Lives!
- CDC – Influenza Division: YouTube -Symptoms of h4N1
- CDC – Influenza (Flu)
- CDC – Key Facts About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus
- CDC – Prevention and Control Influenza
- CDC – Swine Flu (h4N1) {new}
- CDC – Viral Gastroenteritis (“Stomach Flu” NOT caused by influenza viruses)
- Cleaning101.com – Hands Down: Hygiene Habits Remain Stagnant
- Grain.org – Bird Flu {various resources’ links}
- Grain.org – Fowl Play: The Poultry Industry’s in the Bird Flu Crisis
- HHS – Seasonal Flu
- Influenza, Pandemic Flu
- Influenza-like Symptoms (Cold vs. Flu)
- NIOSH Safety and Health Topic – Avian Influenza: Protecting Workers from Exposure
- OSHA – Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for an Influenza Pandemic
- OSHA – Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Guidance for Healthcare Workers and Healthcare Employees
- OSHA – Safety and Health Topics: Avian Flu: Guidance for Protecting Workers Against Avian Flu
- Insects and Pests
- Ion-Exchange Resins
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Lead
- What is Lead?
- CDC – Lead: Topic Home
- EPA – Lead in Drinking Water: Lead and Copper Rule
- EPA – Lead-Safe Work Requirements To Protect Children During Renovation, Repair and Painting Activities
- EPA/HUD – Testing Your Home for Lead
- HUD Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control
- HUD – Lead Safe Housing Rule
- HUD – Disclosure of Known Lead-Based Paint 24 CFR 35 Subpart A
- OSHA – Fact Sheet: Protecting Workers for Lead Hazards
- OSHA – Quick Card: Lead in Construction
- OSHA – Lead 29 CFR 1910.1025
- OSHA – Lead 29 CFR 1915.1025
- OSHA – Lead in Construction
- OSHA – List of Lead Resources for Construction
- OSHA eTool – Secondary Lead Smelter
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Marine Chemist
- What is a Certified Marine Chemist?/Certification Rules
- APA – “Fireworks Safety for Displays Discharged on Barges”
- OSHA Assistance for the Maritime Industry
- OSHA – Competent Person 29 CFR 1915.7
- OSHA – Confined and Enclosed Spaces and Other Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard Employment CPL 02-01-042
- OSHA – Confined and Enclosed Spaces and Other Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard Employment 29 CFR 1915 Subpart B
- OSHA – Confined Spaces: OSHA Standards
- OSHA – Fact Sheet: Procedures for Atmospheric Testing in Confined Spaces
- OSHA – Fact Sheet: Trenching and Excavation Safety
- OSHA – Hot Work 29 CFR 1915.14
- OSHA – Lockout-Tagout Interactive Training Program
- OSHA – List of Lockout/Tagout Resources
- OSHA – List of OSHA Competent Person Standards
- OSHA – List of OSHA Confined Space Standards
- OSHA – List of OSHA Lockout/Tagout Standards
- OSHA – Permit Required Confined Spaces 29 CFR 1910.146
- OSHA – Permit Required Confined Space (Quick Card)
- OSHA – Safety and Health Topics: Storage Tanks – Oil and Gas Well Drilling, Servicing and Storage
- OSHA – Safety and Health Topics: Shipbuilding and Ship Repair
- OSHA – “What to Look for in Gas Detection and Measurement Instrumentation”
- OSHA – Working Safely in Trenches card
- OSHA eTool – Fire Extinguisher Basics
- OSHA eTool – Shipyard Employment
- NIOSH – Trench Safety Awareness {new}
- NIOSH Safety and Health Topic – Traumatic Occupational Injuries: Confined Spaces
- RAE – Basics of Photoionization Detector
- RAE – PID Correction Factors
- RAE – PID Lamp Characteristics
- RAE – Proper Care of Nickel Cadmium Battery Packs
- Marine Chemist Service
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Mercury
- EPA – Fluorescent Lamp Disposal and Recycling {informative, even though written for region 2}
- EPA – Health Effects
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Mold
- CDC – Environmental Hazards and Health Effects: Facts About Mold and Moisture
- CDC – Environmental Hazards and Health Effects: Mold
- CDC – Mold
- EPA – Indoor Air Quality – Mold
- EPA – Indoor Air Quality – Mold: “A Brief Guide to Mold, Moisture, and Your Home”
- EPA – Indoor Air Quality – Mold: Mold Resources
- Garden Buildings Direct – The Fungus Among Us
- OnlineTips.org – Instances of Mold {Suggested by: Erin R. Thank you!}
- OSHA – Fact Sheet: Fungi
- OSHA – Fact Sheet: Mold
- OSHA – Preventing Mold-Related Problems in the Indoor Workplace {new}
- OSHA – Public Service Announcement: Mold {video}
- OSHA – Quick Card: Mold
- OSHA – Safety and Health Information Bulletin: A Brief Guide to Mold in the Workplace
- OSHA – Safety and Health Topics: Molds and Fungi
- Sources of Mold in a House
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NAVSEA (FY-13)
- NAVSEA Standard Item 009-07 Confined Space Entry, Certification, Fire Prevention and Housekeeping; accomplish
- NAVSEA Standard Item 009-35 Confined Space Entry, Certification, Fire Prevention Utilizing Military Fire Watches, and Housekeeping; accomplish
- NAVSEA Standard Item 009-70 Confined Space Entry, Certification, Fire Prevention and Housekeeping for Unmanned Craft; accomplish
- NAVSEA Standard Item 009-88 Collection, Holding and Transfer (CHT) and Mogas Tanks, Spaces, and Piping, including Sewage or Mogas-Contaminated Tanks, Spaces, and Piping; certify
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NFPA
- All NFPA Codes and Standards
- NFPA 306
- NFPA News {archived and latest issues}
- NIOSH
- NOAA
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Noise
- What is Occupational Noise?
- OSHA – Hearing Conservation (OSHA 7034)
- OSHA – National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA)
- OSHA – Occupational Noise Exposure 29 CFR 1910.95
- OSHA – Occupational Noise Exposure 29 CFR 1926.52
- OSHA – Safety and Health Information Bulletin: Hearing Conservation for the Hearing-Impaired Worker
- OSHA – Safety and Health Topic: Construction – Noise and Hearing Conservation
- OSHA – Safety and Health Topic: Noise and Hearing Conservation
- OSHA – Technical Manual (OTM): Noise and Hearing Conservation {same as} OSHA eTool – Noise and Hearing Conservation
- OSHA eTool for hospitals – Noise
- NIOSH Industrial Noise Control Manual
- NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Noise and Hearing Loss Prevention
- Non-Sparking Tools
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OSHA, additional resources
- Advanced Search Pages {new}
- Assistance for the Maritime Industry {various links}
- Compliance Assistance Quick Start {for construction and genera industries}
- “Examining Fatal Shipyard Accidents” {new video}
- Federal Registers relative to the Maritime Industry
- General Industry Quick Start – requirements and guidance materials
- General Industry Quick Start Library – a collection of forms, resources, publications, and sample programs
- Guidance Document: Abrasive Blasting Hazards in Shipyard Employment
- Guidelines for Employers to Reduce Motor Vehicle Crashes
- Local Emphasis Programs
- Making the Business Case for Safety and Health {new}
- OSHA 2268-03R 2009 Shipyard Industry Standards {new}
- OSHA/EPA Occupational Chemical Database
- OSHA Fact Sheets Table of Contents
- OSHA Field Inspection Reference Manual CPL 2.103
- OSHA Fire Service Features of Buildings and Fire Protection Features
- OSHA Publications {search}
- OSHA Quick Cards Table of Contents
- OSHA Quick Card: Fall Protection
- OSHA Quick Card: Motor Vehicles, Safe Driving Practices for Employees
- OSHA Regional and Area Offices
- OSHA – Safety and Health Topic: Making the Business Case for Safety and Health
- OSHA Small Business Handbook
- Personal Protective Equipment {new; different from website link below}
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Publications, Posters and On-line Order Form
- Recordkeeping Handbook
- Safety and Healty Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP)
- Updating National Consensus Standards in OSHA’s Standard for Fire Protection in Shipyard Employment
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Other Resources
- Code of Federal Regulations
- Driving Safety {Video}
- Earth at Night
- Environmental Protection E-Newsletter {Free}
- EPA – GreenScaping: The Easy Way to a Greener, Healthier Yard
- Google Maps
- Mapquest
- Miss Utility (Virginia)
- “Navy Hymn”
- Periodic Table of the Elements {interactive}
- Proceedings, a free publication of the U.S. Coast Guard
- Satellite {new}
- “Suspicious Mail or Packages” Posters {new}
- Weather, Newport News
- Weather, World
- Virginia Ship Repair Association (VSRA)
- “Zulu” Time
- Radiation
- Respiratory Protection
- Sick Building Syndrome (SBS)
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Ventilation
- Coppus® – OSHA and Welding Exhaust
- Dresser-Rand/Coppus® – Portable Ventilation
- OSHA – Ventilation 29 CFR 1910.94
- OSHA – Ventilation and Protection in Welding, Cutting and Heating 29 CFR 1915.51
- Tuthill – Blower Markets by Industry and Application
- Tuthill – Instructions for Injecting Fuel Oil, Kerosene, and Lube Oil Into Blowers Handling Sewage Gas
- Tuthill – Recommendations and Guidelines for Water/Liquid Injected Blowers
- Tuthill – Recommended Lubricants for M-D Rotary Blowers and Vacuum Boosters
- Water
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Weather
- NOAA – National Weather Service: Lightning Safety
- NOAA – National Weather Service: Lightning Safety: Lightning Photos {interesting pics}
- OSHA – Hurricane eMatrix
- OSHA – Keeping Workers Safe During Clean Up and Recovery Operations Following Hurricanes
- OSHA – Tips for Safe Winter Driving
- OSHA – Winter Storms {note additional references at the bottom of the page}
- USCG – The Port of Hampton Roads Maritime Heavy Weather Contingency Plan
- Welding – also refer to Marine Chemist and Ventilation headings above