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Certified Equipment List (CEL)
By National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Search information about certified respirators and certified coal mine dust personal sampler units.
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Confined Spaces Advisor (download)
By US Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Helps comply with the Permit Required Confined Spaces Standard (29 CFR 1910.146). This software will assist users to identify confined spaces and deal with permit required confined spaces.
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Confined Spaces Advisor (online)
By US Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Helps comply with the Permit Required Confined Spaces Standard (29 CFR 1910.146). This software will assist users to identify confined spaces and deal with permit required confined spaces.
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CSB Animation of BP Texas City Refinery Accident
By US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB). Diagrams the cause of the accident at BP Texas City Refinery.
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CSB Video Archive
By US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB). Videos from the CSB including: highlights from CSB hearings on combustible dust hazards and New York City fire code reform, and a Safety Bulletin on preventing harm from sodium hydrosulfide (NaHS).
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EU Risk Notes
By International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre (CIS). Risk notes used in the European Union.
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EU Risk Phrases
By International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre (CIS). Risk phrases used in the European Union.
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Genium Web Club
By Genium Publishing Corporation. Free but requires registration. Browse several databases including Chemical Hazard Data (look up a CAS number, caution statement, or fire diamond for over 1,100 common workplace chemicals), Safety and Health Glossary (search over 1,500 terms, abbreviations, and acronyms of special interest to the safety community), and Environmental Data (look up method references and sampling guidelines, procedures, and preps for solid and aqueous samples).
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International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)
By International Programe on Chemical Safety (IPCS) and NIOSH. Contains International Chemical Safety Cards in eight languages and indexed in a variety of ways. An ICSC summarizes essential health and safety information on chemicals for their use at the "shop floor" level by workers and employers in factories, agriculture, construction and other work places.
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International Hazard Datasheets on Occupations
By International Labour Organization. A multipurpose information resource containing information on the hazards, risks and notions of prevention related to a specific occupation.
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Logging eTool
By US Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Outlines the required and recommended work practices that can reduce logging hazards.
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Logging eTool Slide Presentation
By US Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Designed to provide assistance for businesses and workers seeking to comply with OSHA's logging standard. 82 slides available in HTML or PowerPoint.
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National Agriculture Safety Database (NASD)
By National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). A database of materials (publications, videos, etc.) devoted to increased safety, health and injury prevention in agriculture.
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OSHA Fire Safety Advisor
By US Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Addresses OSHA's general industry standards for fire safety and emergency evacuation (Subpart E, 29CFR 1910.36, 37, and 38), and for firefighting, fire suppression, and fire detection systems and equipment (Subpart L, 29CFR1910.156 through 165). It asks you about a building and business policies and practices to prepare the guidance you need.
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OSHA Hazard Awareness Advisor (download)
By US Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Helps users, particularly small businesses, to identify and understand common occupational safety and health hazards in their work places. From the user's answers to questions, it prepares a customized report that briefly describes the likely hazards and the OSHA standards which address those hazards.
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OSHA Hazard Awareness Advisor (online)
By US Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Helps users, particularly small businesses, to identify and understand common occupational safety and health hazards in their work places. From the user's answers to questions, it prepares a customized report that briefly describes the likely hazards and the OSHA standards which address those hazards.
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OSHA Lead in Construction Advisor
By US Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Helps users, especially small business, to understand OSHA's Lead in Construction standard (29CFR1926.62). It asks about work policies and practices to provide help regarding coverage of the rule, initial determinations, use of exposure data, and more.
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OSHA Search Page
By US Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Search the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA's) web site.
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Recalls, Market Withdrawals and Safety Alerts
By US Food and Drug Administration. Lists the most significant product actions of the last 60 days, based on the extent of distribution and the degree of health risk.
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Recalls.gov
By Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Online resource for U.S Government recalls of environmental products, food, medicine, cosmetics, consumer products, motor vehicles, and boats.
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Respiratory Protection Technical Advisor
By US Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Helps you comply with the new OSHA respirator standard. This Advisor will instruct you on the proper selection of respiratory protection and the development of change schedules for gas/vapor cartridges.
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Silica eTool Download
By US Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Includes current information that will assist businesses and workers in identifying potential silica hazards in their workplaces by choosing appropriate sampling and analytical techniques, comparing monitoring results with the silica exposure limits, and selecting appropriate short and long-term control options.
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Silica Technical Advisor
By US Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Helps you comply with the OSHA Standard on respirable crystalline silica.
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