Health and Safety at Hazardous Waste Sites: An Investigator's and Remediator's Guide to Hazwoper / Edition 2

by Steven P. Maslansky, Carol J. Maslansky

Overview

This manual provides basic background information necessary to perform investigative and remedial activities at hazardous waste sites within a safe and efficient framework. It is the basic text for the standard 40-hour HAZWOPER course. While the topics and structure focus toward OSHA training courses, it could serve as the basic text for a similar course in Canada and for any related safety and hazardous materials courses. The organization and thoroughness of the information along with the many illustrations make it a stand-alone reference as well as a text. It provides the best available current information from various federal agencies including the EPA, OSHA, NIOSH, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Coast Guard, and the Department of Transportation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471288053
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	06/30/1997
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	624
Product dimensions:	8.44(w) x 10.91(h) x 1.37(d)

About the Author

Steven P. Maslansky and Carol J. Maslansky are the authors of Health and Safety at Hazardous Waste Sites: An Investigator's and Remediator's Guide to Hazwoper, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Hazard Recognition.

Properties of Hazardous Materials.

Toxicology and Chemical Exposure.

Sources of Information.

Respiratory Protection.

Air Monitoring.

Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment.

Levels of Protection.

Site Control.

Decontamination.

Health and Safety Programs and Plans.

Contingency Planning.

Special Operations.

Appendices.

Select Bibliography.

Index.

Editorial Reviews

This is the basic text for HAZWOPER, which is not a really big spill, but a 40-hour course by the US Occupational Safety and Health Agency. Also suitable as a quick rather than comprehensive reference for health and safety professionals who have taken the course. Includes information on such areas as hazard recognition, levels of protection, confined space entry, toxicology and chemical exposure, decontamination, and drilling in flammable environments. Revised from an unidentified ancestor. Printed before Wiley bought Van Nostrand Reinhold, and so includes the old ISBN (0-442-02398-7). Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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