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Clark Testing Prepared to Help Companies Meet New OSHA Requirement

As of June 2, 2011 OSHA issued a new directive in the Industrial Hygiene area, specifically regarding Worker Exposure. The National Emphasis Program for the Primary Metals Industry (NEP) has been established after an OSHA conducted study showed a lack of awareness on the dangers of exposure to chemical and physical hazards in this industry. Prolonged exposure to these harmful chemicals can result in rritation to the eyes, ears nose and throat, difficulty breathing, joint pain and possibility death. The NEP will be monitoring workers exposure to carbon monoxide, metal dust and fumes, noise and heat hazards. Their aim is to lower and eliminate the threat of exposure to employees working in the Primary Metals Industry.

Clark Testing can prepare your company for these inspections through Exposure Monitoring. Our teams can assist you in the following ways:

• Assist you in selecting the proper NIOSH or OSHA method necessary to carry out your sampling
• Help you determine what can be collected together on the same media
• Supply the necessary media for sample collection
• Indicate special handling requirements
• Most analysis completed in 5 business days; results are then e-mailed to you

Exposure Monitoring will not only allow you to be compliant with the new OSHA mandate, bit it will also help to protect your employees’ health and well being. The following is a list of chemical exposures found in the Primary Metal Industry:

acrolein ammonia antimony arsenic asbestos benzene 2-butoxyethanol carbon dioxide carbon monoxide chlorine chromium coal tar pitch volatiles copper fume dimethylamine dimethyl ethylamine formaldehyde furfuryl alcohol hydrogen chloride hydrogen sulfide iron oxide isocyanates isopropyl alcohol lead methane methyl alcohol methyl formate methylene bisphenyl isocyanate molybdenum

naphthalene nitric acid nitrogen nuisance dust ozone phenol polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons propane silica sulfuric acid sulfur dioxide tetraethyl lead toluene vanadium wood dust xylene zinc oxide metal dusts including: iron aluminum manganese beryllium cadmium tin copper silver nickel lead