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Regulation respecting coke oven emissions - made under the Occupational Health and Safety Act

Jurisdiction Canada - Ontario
Year 1987
Published in English
Source Ontario Government Bookstore, Publications Services Section, 5th Floor, 880 Bay St., Toronto M7A 1N8, Ont., Canada, 1987. 49p. Index.
Serial number Ontario Regulation 517/82
Descriptors [Primary] Canada, Ontario, coke oven gas, limitation of exposure, threshold limit values
[Secondary] description of technique, directive, exposure records, medical supervision, responsibilities of employers, sampling and analysis
Subject category Chemical safety
Abstract This Regulation (as amended by Ontario Regulation 23/87) prescribes coke oven emissions (benzene-soluble fraction of total particulate matter of substances emitted into the atmosphere from metallurgical coke ovens) as a designated substance. Exposure limits set: TWA exposure - 0.15mg coke oven emissions/m3 of air. Responsibilities of employers, rights of workers, engineering control measures, exposure monitoring methods, requirements for medical examinations and for the keeping of exposure records are outlined. Also included in this publication: code for respiratory equipment for coke oven emissions; code for measuring coke oven emissions; code for medical surveillance.
CIS No. 89-1090
Database ID 52248

 

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