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Document ID (ISN)43321
CIS number 85-112
Year 1983
Convention or series no. Ontario Regulation 455/83
Title Regulation respecting isocyanates - made under the Occupational Health and Safety Act
Bibliographic information Ontario Ministry of Labour, Occupational Health and Safety Division, 400 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario M7A 1T7, Canada, 1983. 79p.
Abstract This regulation presented in booklet form includes: the scope of the regulation in which the TWA exposure limit to all isocyanates is set at 0.005ppm or 0.2 micromole isocyanates/m3 with a ceiling value of 0.02ppm or 0.8 micromole isocyanates/m3 of air; a code of respiratory protective equipment for isocyanates; a code for sampling and analysing airborne isocyanates; a code of medical surveillance of workers.
Descriptors (primary) threshold limit values; isocyanates; Ontario; Canada
Descriptors (secondary) respirators; law; medical supervision; sampling and analysis
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceOntario
Subject(s) Standards and directives with the force of law
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Cyano compounds
Occupational exposure limits
Isocyanates