Contact Lenses in the Laboratory (top)
Contact Lenses and
Chemicals: Its time to reconsider your eyewear policies, from Chemical
Health & Safety, 1997, 4(3), 33-37
The American Optometric Association, Guidelines for the Use of Contact Lenses in Industrial
Environments
Eye Protection (top)
OSHA
Factsheet: Eye Protection in the Workplace, posted by Oklahoma State University
Are
you Wearing the Right Safety Goggles? Northwestern University, Research Safety News
General Information on Personal
Protective Equipment (top)
Online Safety Library: Personal Protective Equipment, Oklahoma State University, Environmental Health and Safety
Gloves/Chemical
Compatibility Guides (top)
Recommendations
for Chemical Protective Clothing: A companion Guide to the NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical
Hazards, CDC-NIOSH
EZ Facts: Chemical Resistant Gloves, Lab Safety Supply
Best Manufacturing Company has a downloadable
glove chart as well as information about specific gloves.
Cole
Parmer: Chemical Resistance Database - Information on chemical compatibilities for
different materials.
Chemical
Guide and Permeation Tables - For a variety of common chemicals, from Oklahoma State
University. Does not apply to single use, surgical type gloves
North
Safety Products - Product guide for North gloves and Other Equipment
MAPA Gloves
Ansell Gloves 7th Edition Chemical Resistance Guide
Gloves/ Latex Allergy (top)
NIOSH Alert:
Preventing Allergic Reactions to Natural Rubber Latex in the Workplace. June 1997
Latex Allergy Links
from Elastic, the National Latex Allergy Network
Noise and Hearing Conservation (top)
CDC's Hearing
Conservation Program
Noise
and Hearing Loss Prevention, NIOSH This site has a link to a compendium which, as of
June 2003, contains data from 23 manufacturers nationwide (down from 53 in the 1994
compendium) on 292 hearing protectors (up from 241 in the 1994 compendium).
Stanford University Hearing Conservation Program
OSHA Requirements and Factsheets (top)
Personal
Protective Equipment, OSHA Informational Booklet, 2003
OSHA
Standard 1910.132 - PPE General Requirements
OSHA
PPE Hazard Assessment Guidance
OSHA
Standard 1910.133 - Eye and Face Protection
OSHA
Standard 1910.134 - Respiratory Protection
OSHA
Standard 1910.135 - Head Protection
OSHA
Standard 1910.136 - Occupational Foot Protection
OSHA
Standard 1910.138 - Hand Protection
OSHA Standard 1910.137 - Electrical Protective Devices
Program Content Examples (top)
Research Laboratory Hazard
Assessment Tool For Personal Protective Equipment Use and Summary Guide for Personal Protective
Equipment, University
of Iowa Health Protection Office
Job Safety
Assessment, UNL Injury and Illness Prevention Program, University Nebraska - Lincoln
Environmental Health and Safety
Searchable
Protective Glove Guide Information - Michigan State Universtiy. Click on
"glove guide" at the bottom of the page.
Personal
Protective Equipment Hazard Assessment, Laboratory Work Activities,Purdue, Department of Chemistry
NIH Minimum Requirements for Protective
Clothing in Animal Facilities
University
of Rochester Personal Protective Equipment Plan
Hazard Assessment, Washington
State University, Environmental Health and Safety
Hazard Assessment and Assigning
Personal Protective Equpment Policies, University of Virginia
Respiratory Protection (top)
Cartridge Life Expectancy
Information (top)
MSA Cartridge Life Expectancy Calculator
OSHA Respirator Changeout Schedule Guidance
OSHA
Respiratory Protection Advisor tools for the proper selection of respiratory
protection and the development of change schedules for gas/vapor cartridges
Respirator Vendor Web Sites (top)
Survivair
air purifying respirator catalog home page
MSA Response Respirator
Selector
3M Respiratory Protection Homepage
Survivair
Respiratory Protecton Information (top)
OSHA
Respiratory Protection e-Tool
NIOSH
Safety and Health Topic - Respirators
NIOSH
Respirator page
NIOSH
Factsheet: NIOSH Certification of Respirators, posted by Oklahoma State
University
OSHA Technical
Manual section about respiratory protection
MSA Response Respirator
Selector
Training on Personal Protective
Equipment (top)
PPE
Online, Purdue University, Department of Chemistry
OSHA
Personal Protective Equipment Course
Oklahoma
State University Online Training Module and Quiz: Personal Protective Equipment in
the Laboratory
