:Occupational exposure limit

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Personal air sampling is routinely conducted on workers to determine whether exposures are acceptable or unacceptable. These samples are collected and analyzed using validated sampling and analytical methods. These methods are available from OSHA Technical Manual and NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nmam/ |title=NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods |website=NIOSH |date=11 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926185918/https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nmam/ |archive-date=2024-09-26}} Statistical tools are available to assess exposure monitoring data against OELs. The statistical tools are typically free but do require some previous knowledge with statistical concepts. A popular exposure data statistical tool called IHSTAT is available from AIHA (American Industrial Hygiene Association). IH STAT has 14 languages including English and is available for free.{{Cite web |url=https://www.aiha.org/public-resources/consumer-resources/apps-and-tools-resource-center/aiha-risk-assessment-tools/ihstat-macro-free-version |title=IHSTATTM (macro-free version) |website=American Industrial Hygiene Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003073502/https://www.aiha.org/public-resources/consumer-resources/apps-and-tools-resource-center/aiha-risk-assessment-tools/ihstat-macro-free-version |archive-date=3 October 2024}}

Methods for performing occupational exposure assessments can be found in the book A Strategy for Assessing and Managing Occupational Exposures, Third Edition, edited by Joselito S. Ignacio and William H. Bullock.{{Cite book |title=A Strategy for Assessing and Managing Occupational Exposures |first1=Joselito S. |last1=Ignacio |first2=William H. |last2=Bullock |edition=3rd |publisher=American Industrial Hygiene Association |year=2006}}

With the World Health Organization and the International Labour Office having now quantified the global burden of disease from psychosocial occupational hazards,{{cite journal |last1=Pega |first1=Frank |last2=Nafradi |first2=Balint|last3=Momen |first3=Natalie |last4=Ujita |first4=Yuka |last5=Streicher |first5=Kai |last6=Prüss-Üstün |first6=Annette |last7=Technical Advisory Group |title=Global, regional, and national burdens of ischemic heart disease and stroke attributable to exposure to long working hours for 194 countries, 2000–2016: A systematic analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury |journal=Environment International |date=2021 |volume=154 |page=106595 |doi=10.1016/j.envint.2021.106595 |pmid=34011457 |pmc=8204267 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2021EnInt.15406595P }} identification of OELs for such hazards is increasingly becoming a focus of attention for occupational safety and health policy and practice.

• Permissible exposure limit, set by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Recommended exposure limit, set by the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Indicative limit value, set by the European Union
• Threshold limit value, set by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
• Occupational exposure banding, a process that can be used when not enough data are available to determine quantitative exposure limits

The database "GESTIS - International limit values for chemical agents"Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance: GESTIS – International limit values for chemical agents (Occupational exposure limits, OELs), http://www.dguv.de/ifa/gestis/gestis-internationale-grenzwerte-fuer-chemische-substanzen-limit-values-for-chemical-agents/index-2.jsp contains a collection of occupational limit values for hazardous substances collected from 35 lists from 29 countries: various EU member states, Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, China, Turkey, and the United States. The database comprises values of more than 2,000 substances.

The present database was elaborated in co-operation with experts from various international occupational safety and health institutions. It aims to give an overview of limit values in different countries. Since the limit values vary in their handling, the level of protection, and their legal relevance, the original lists of limit values and the explanations there should be considered as primary sources. Also the chemical nomenclature is diverging, synonyms can for example be found in the GESTIS Substance Database.

The database is also available as an app for mobile terminals with Android or iOS operating systems.

• {{annotated link|Short-term exposure limit}}
• {{annotated link|Acceptable daily intake}}
• {{annotated link|Tolerable daily intake}}
• {{annotated link|No-observed-adverse-effect level}}
• {{annotated link|Lowest-observed-adverse-effect level}}
• {{annotated link|Reference dose}}
• {{annotated link|Exposure action value}}
• {{annotated link|Occupational hygiene}}
• {{annotated link|PIMEX}} A method to make invisible hazards in the work environment visible and thus facilitate the reduction of hazards and risks in workplaces

{{cite web |author=IOHA |title=International OEL Issues and Activities |url=http://www.ioha.net/internationaloelssues.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811010958/http://www.ioha.net/internationaloelssues.html |archive-date=11 August 2015}}

{{cite web |author=AIHA |title=Webinar: The New Era of Global Exposure Limit Setting Processes - Harmonization on an OEL Hierarchy Approach |url=http://www.aiha.org}}

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• {{cite book | title=Industrial Guide to Chemical and Drug Safety |author1=Dikshith, T. S. S. |author2=Diwan, P. V. |name-list-style=amp | year=2003 | publisher=Wiley-IEEE | isbn=0-471-23698-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8589gU9ILbEC&pg=PA189 | pages=pp189–191 }} (Google Books)
• {{cite journal | author=Topping, M. | journal=Occupational and Environmental Medicine | year=2001 | volume=58 | pages=138–144 | title=Occupational Exposure Limits for Chemicals | doi=10.1136/oem.58.2.138 | pmid=11160994 | issue=2 | pmc=1740099 }}

• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, USA.
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration, [https://www.osha.gov/dsg/annotated-pels/index.html Permissible Exposure Limits] in the US.
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20091229095411/http://www.hse.gov.uk/consult/condocs/cd189.pdf Proposals to introduce a new occupational exposure limits (OEL) framework] HSC Consultative Document
• [http://www.hse.gov.uk/consult/disdocs/dde19.pdf Discussion document on Occupational Exposure Limits (OEL) framework] (HSE, UK)
• [http://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh/oel.pdf OELs and the effective control of exposure to substances hazardous to health in the UK] (HSE paper)
• [http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/eh40.pdf EH40/2005 Workplace exposure limits] (HSE, UK)
• [http://osha.europa.eu/en/topics/ds/oel/members.stm/#at Occupational Exposure Limits Summary - EU Member States]
• [http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr172.pdf The role of occupational exposure limits in the health and safety systems of EU Member States] by D Walters and others. Health and Safety Executive Research Report No. 172/2003
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234949/http://www.iom-world.org/pubs/IOM_TM8602.pdf Occupational exposure limits and their economic costs] by J Cherrie. Institute of Occupational Medicine Research Report TM/86/02
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120723101336/http://www.iom-world.org/pubs/IOMs_position_on_OELs.pdf The IOM’s position on occupational exposure limits for dust] Institute of Occupational Medicine Position Paper

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