Bulletin 109 from the IIAR(International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration), section 4.10.11, referencing section 11.6 of ANSI/ASHRAE 15-1994, says every...
All, Our facility has some workplace surveys to perform for mercury vapor. Surveys to date have been performed using the Jerome Mercury Vapor Analyzer. The...
Johns-Andersch, Lauri L
lauri_l_johns-andersc...
Jul 1, 2004 3:20 pm
7158
Obviously atomic absorption is a preferred method of detection for mercury. This method provides a considerably lower detection limit. In fact, the cleaning...
Rahimi, Saeed (OFM)
Saeed.Rahimi@...
Jul 1, 2004 4:03 pm
7159
I am assisting a few personnel in our facility to update how we handle breathing air use within our worksites. While we currently only allow compressed...
Brad A Jones
brad_a_jones@...
Jul 1, 2004 5:46 pm
7160
Fellow listers: Any of you have specific information on this new emerging field, especially any safety and health concerns? I am not certain I understand the ...
Willie_Gruenwald@...
Jul 1, 2004 8:06 pm
7161
My guess is a single SCBA would only be useful for emergency egress. Anything beyond that would be emergency response subject to HAZWOPER (OSHA 1910.120)...
Jim Hollingsworth
JAHolling@...
Jul 2, 2004 5:00 am
7162
Fellow listers, I have a lab at one of our hospitals where technicians are complaining about noise. The front half of the lab is used for processing cytology...
Fleming, Janet
janet_fleming@...
Jul 2, 2004 4:48 pm
7163
http://www.acoustics.com/rc.asp has recommendations for noise criteria in hospital labs. http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/27_60.html has an explanation of...
Jay Herzmark
herzmark@...
Jul 2, 2004 5:08 pm
7164
Great response. We need this for our Technical, Office and Profession members. But brings another question. What's the relationship between those NC and NR...
Frank Mirer
fmirer@...
Jul 2, 2004 5:14 pm
7165
Frank: why not do the search yourself! Just a few clicks to http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/27_66.html gives a table converting NR to dBA! ... Great...
Frank Mirer
fmirer@...
Jul 2, 2004 5:18 pm
7166
They are not exactly convertable. A sound with a spectrum that exactly matches a noise critera or rating will have a certain dBA. but another sound that fits...
Jay Herzmark
herzmark@...
Jul 2, 2004 5:24 pm
7167
Janet, You should also see Chapter 13 - Room Criteria in The Noise Manual, 5th Edition, from AIHA Press. There is an excellent discussion of the various ...
Dennis Driscoll
NoiseControl@...
Jul 2, 2004 5:38 pm
7168
Can anyone provide any guidance on calculating the potential energy of compressed air in a cylinder or chamber? Clearly a cylinder under pressure and at a...
Jim: If you know the pressure, volume, and density of the gas, you can calculate its energy using Bernoulli's equation. See ...
Chris Marlowe
Chrismarlowe@...
Jul 3, 2004 2:01 pm
7170
Hi, Periodically, I see postings for available EHS positions on this listserve. I am wondering about the posting of "Position Wanted" ads. I searched the...
Dingman
dingmancjb@...
Jul 3, 2004 8:38 pm
7171
On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 "Frank Mirer" <fmirer@...> said to the AIHAIH list, ... There is no direct relationship, although a room with a lower NC level will ...
Peter: I appreciate that this string has taught me things about NR and NC that I did not know. I am a bit disappointed that those scales don't recognize what...
Chris Marlowe
Chrismarlowe@...
Jul 5, 2004 1:15 am
7173
It is my understanding that the NC curves were not intended to address annoyance, so it should be neither surprising nor disappointing that they do not...
Houston, Texas - Refinery has an immediate need for an Health and Safety Superintendent. Successful candidate will come from the petro-chemical industry and...
hello members, first of all i am very much thankful to all those who replied to my query about the filter paper weight variation. i have some more queries.. 1....
On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 nikhil kulkarni <npk1978@...> ... My guess would be that this evaluation is usually done as part of an engineering evaluation, where...
No octave band analyzer will allow your to weight each band. The full octave, half or third or tenth octave will always be unweighted. Peter is correct, this...
Vern Rose
vernrose@...
Jul 8, 2004 2:12 am
7178
Willie: I would like to refer you to a back issue of The Washington Post for more information on this matter. They published a front page series of articles ...
I met with a group of High School teachers today, and the English teachers asked for recommendations for a high school reading list. She used the "Hot Zone"...
Peter Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (1962) is a must on any reading list having to do with environmental protection and/or sciences. High school students...
Rahimi, Saeed (OFM)
Saeed.Rahimi@...
Jul 8, 2004 5:13 pm
7181
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a classic....
Kristy Davis
kad4t@...
Jul 8, 2004 5:55 pm
7182
Wow, I think we need to have a more balanced reading list! I suggest "The Dose Makes The Poison" by M. Alice Ottoboni, Ph.D. To slightly paraphrase the...
FRED KERSHNER
FRED_KERSHNER@...
Jul 8, 2004 6:08 pm
7183
We are talking about an ENGLISH class here folks. Shouldn't they be reading English Lit? DGS ... Wow, I think we need to have a more balanced reading list! I...
David Sarvadi
sarvadi@...
Jul 8, 2004 7:11 pm
7184
Subject: A letter to Secretary Thompson - CDC reorganization's impact on workers SOEH S O C I E T Y F O R O C C U P A T I O N A L A N D E N V I R O N M...
Frank Mirer
fmirer@...
Jul 8, 2004 7:33 pm
7185
The High School English teachers are specifically looking for recommendations on books that will 'cross disciplines'. Students will read books that will...
