Industrial Hygiene Engineering
Recognition, Measurement, Evaluation and Control
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Provides an advanced level of study of industrial hygiene engineering situations with emphasis on the control of exposure to occupational health hazards. Primary attention is given to ventilation, noise and vibration control, heat stress and industrial illumination. Other topics include industrial water quality, solid waste control, handling and storage of hazardous materials, personal protective equipment, and costs of industrial hygiene control.
Readership
Industrial hygienists and safety engineers throughout industry.
Table of Contents
- Section 1. Introduction to Industrial Hygiene Engineering and Control
1. Recognition of Health Hazards
2. Methods for Measuring and Evaluating Health Hazards
3. Human Systems
4. Industrial Toxicology
5. Physical Hazards
6. General Methods of Control Available to the Industrial Hygiene Engineer
7. Legal Aspects of Occupational Safety and Health
References
Section 2. Industrial Ventilation
1. Characteristics of Air
2. Properties of Airborne Contaminants
3. Principles of Air Movement
4. Dilution Ventilation
5. Local Exhaust Ventilation
6. Make-Up Air
7. Design of Exhaust Hoods
8. Principles of Air Cleaning
9. Air-Cleaning Devices
10. Air-Moving Devices
11. Design of Ducts
12. Principles of System Design
13. Ventilation System Design
14. Recirculation of Exhaust Air
15. Correcting for Nonstandard Conditions
16. Thermal Ventilation Effects
17. Testing Procedures in the Plant
18. Environmental Air Pollution
References
Section 3. Thermal Stress
1. Heat Exchange and Its Effects on Man
2. Thermal Measurement
3. Thermal Stress Indices
4. Methods for Controlling Thermal Exposures
References
Section 4. Sound
1. Physics of Sound
2. Physics of Sound
3. Physics of Sound
4. The Ear and the Effects of Sound
5. Vibration
6. Noise Control
References
Section 5. Industrial Illumination
1. Light
2. Light and Seeing/Design of a Lighting System
3. Lighting Design
References
Section 6. Radiation
1. Principles of Nonionizing Radiation
2. Control of Nonionizing Radiation
3. Principles of Ionizing Radiation
4. Instrumentation
5. Control of Ionizing Radiation
References
Section 7. Ergonomics
1. Introduction to Ergonomics
2. The Worker as the Physical Component
3. The Worker as the Controlling Component
4. Design of the Job
5. Design of the Workplace
References
Section 8. Other Topics
1. Control of Industrial Water Quality
2. Control of Solid Waste
3. Purchase, Handling, and Storage of Hazardous Materials
4. Personal Protective Equipment
5. Costs of Industrial Hygiene Control
6. Basic Economic Analysis
References
Product details
- No. of pages: 854
- Language: English
- Copyright: © William Andrew 1998
- Published: December 31, 1998
- Imprint: William Andrew
- eBook ISBN: 9780815518075
About the Author
John J. Talty
Affiliations and Expertise
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health
About the Editor
John J. Talty
Affiliations and Expertise
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health
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