TY  - BOOK
AU  - Luxon,S.G.
ED  - Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)
TI  - Hazards in the chemical laboratory
SN  - 0851862292
AV  - QD63.5 .H39 1992
PY  - 1992///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Royal Society of Chemistry
KW  - Chemical laboratories
KW  - Safety measures
KW  - Chemicals
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Ch. 1. Introduction; / S. G. Luxon; 1. Identification.; 2. Management's Task.; 3. Fire and Explosion Hazards.; 4. Reactive Chemical Hazards.; 5. Toxic Hazards.; 6. General Environment.; 7. Radiation Hazards.; 8. Electrical Hazards.; Ch. 2. Legislation; / S. G. Luxon; 1. General.; 2. Scope.; 3. General Obligations.; 4. Duties of Employers to Their Employees.; 5. Employers' General Duties.; 6. Articles and Substances for Use at Work.; 7. Training.; 8. Employers' Safety Policies.; 9. Safety Representatives and Safety Committees.; 10. Duties to People Who Are Not Employees.; 11. Regulations and Approved Codes of Practice.; 12. Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations.; Ch. 3. Safety Planning and Laboratory Design; / K. Everett; 2. Safety Policy and Implementation.; 3. The Design of Laboratory Premises and Services.; 4. Some Questions To Be Addressed in Laboratory Planning.; 5. Fire Precautions.; 6. Fire Alarms and Detector Systems.; 7. Disabled Persons.; 8. Miscellaneous Matters.; 9. Biology Laboratories.; 10. Ventilation, Fume Cupboards, and Other Safety Cabinets.; 11. Waste Disposal.; 12. Electrical Safety.; 13. Compressed and Liquefied Gases.; 14. Noise.; 15. Permit-to-Work Certificates.; Ch. 4. Fire Protection; / M. Sheldon; 2. The Nature and Source of the Fire Risk.; 3. Structural Protection and Segregation.; 4. Controlling Ignition Sources.; 5. Emergency Action.; 6. Classes of Fire and Suitable Extinguishing Agents.; 7. Working Practice.; 8. Legislation.; 9. Insurers' Approach to Fire Protection.; Ch. 5. Reactive Chemical Hazards; / L. Bretherick; 1. Fundamental Causes.; 2. Physicochemical Factors.; 3. Operational Considerations.; 4. Types of Decomposition Reactions.; 5. Chemical Composition, Structure, and Reactivity.; 6. Hazardous Reaction Mixtures.; 7. Potential Storage Hazards.; 8. Protection from Reactive Hazards.; Ch. 6. Chemical Hazards and Toxicology; / L. Magos; 1. The Basic Rules of Toxicology.; 2. Kinetics and Metabolism.; 3. Dose and Damage.; 4. Toxicity Testing.; 5. The Predictive Value of Toxicity Testing.; 6. Exposure as a Measure of Relative Hazard.; 7. The Consequences of Toxic Exposure.; Ch. 7. Control of Health Hazards; / D. M. Smith; 1. Assess the Hazards.; 2. Eliminate or Control the Hazards.; 3. Monitoring.; 4. Health Surveillance - Exposure, Effects, and Techniques of Detection.; 5. Biological Monitoring.; 6. Occupational Health Services.; 7. First Aid.; 8. Skin Hygiene.; 9. Dermatitis.; 10. Training and Information.; Ch. 8. First Aid; / V. S. G. Murrary, H. M. Wiseman; 2. Rescue.; 3. General First Aid.; 4. First Aid for Convulsions.; 5. Standard First Aid for Chemical Exposure and Burns.; 6. Special Treatments.; 7. Agencies Providing First Aid Training.; Ch. 9. Precautions Against Radiation; / P. Beaver; 2. Ionizing Radiations.; 3. Non-ionizing Radiations.; Ch. 10. Electrical Hazards; / M. R. Stephenson; 1. What are the Electrical Hazards?.; 2. Statutory Legislation.; 3. Guidance on Electrical Systems and Equipment.; 4. The Design of the Electrical Installation.; 5. Electrical Equipment in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres.; 6. Portable Equipment.; 7. Fume Cupboards.; 8. The Need for Secure Supplies and the Integrity of Controls.; 9. Electrical Maintenance.; Ch. 11. Chemical Laboratories - An American View; / H. H. Fawcett; 2. Orientation and Reviews.; 3. The OSHA Chemical Laboratory Standard.; Subject Index.; Hazardous Substances; / H. H. Henning, S. G. Luxon; Index of Chemicals.; Index of CAS Registry Numbers
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