Workplace Health & Safety Publications - by Hazard

Compiled by Occupational Health Branch

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Aerosol cleaner use in auto repair - fact sheet (PDF)

Aircraft disinsection and pesticide illness in flight attendants

Aircraft disinsection journal article (PDF), 2007

Aircraft disinsection investigation report (44 pages, PDF), 2003

Letter to editor on aircraft disinsection policy (PDF), World Health Organization, 2001

Arsenic & chromate wood preservatives - fact sheet (PDF)

Artificial flavoring – see diacetyl

 

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Bacillus anthracis: laboratory exposure - MMWR report, 2005

1-Bromopropane (n-Propyl Bromide) Hazard Alert (PDF)

 

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Carbofuran, farm worker illness - journal article – MMWR report, 1999

Chemical hazards

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Epidemiologic study: Rocketdyne Atomics Workers' Exposure to Selected Chemicals (PDF) - report, 1999

If I’m pregnant, can the chemicals I work with harm my baby? (PDF)

Understanding Toxic Substances (1.3 MB, PDF)

Using Solvents Safely - booklet (3.1 MB, PDF)

Workplace chemical hazards to reproductive health - booklet (PDF)

Chlorine Gas Release at Two Scrap Recycling Facilities (PDF)   ... Spanish - Chemical Release Alert (2010)

 Chromium-6 in the Workplace (PDF) – fact sheet, July 2011

Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever)

Cocci, Occupational, in California (PDF) – journal article, 2012

Cocci in Construction – journal abstract, 2009

Cleaning products and work-related asthma (PDF) – journal article, 2004

Construction hazards

BuildSafe California tailgate training materials  ... Spanish titles

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) construction factsheets

Cycloheximide Hazard Alert (PDF)

 

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Diesel Engine Exhaust Hazard Alert (PDF)

Diacetyl (butter flavor chemical)

Diacetyl Use in Flavoring Manufacturing Companies Hazard Alert (English, PDF) ... Spanish

Diacetyl - medical care guidelines (PDF)

 

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Epoxy resin systems - fact sheet (PDF)

Ergonomic Hazards

HESIS Ergonomic Series

Prevention of Carpal Tunnel Syndorme in California (PDF) - newsletter

Ethylene oxide - fact sheet (PDF)

 

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Falls - How to Prevent a Ladder Fall - fact sheet (English, PDF)  ... Spanish

 Fipronil - acute illness from fipronil - journal article abstract, 2010

Flavorings – see diacetyl (butter flavor)

Fluorocarbons (freons) - fact sheet (PDF) 

Forklifts – Runaway killer: Preventing forklift fatalities - fact sheet (English, PDF)  … Spanish

 Formaldehyde - fact sheet (PDF)

 

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Glutaraldehyde

Glutaraldehyde - fact sheet (PDF)

Glutaraldehyde and heart valve manufacturing – investigation report executive summary (PDF)   

Glycol ethers - fact sheet (PDF)

Graffiti removal chemicals – Removing Graffiti Safely (PDF) - booklet

 

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Heavy machinery

Crane operator crushed! - fact sheet (PDF)

Falling vehicles kill: Jackstand safety - fact sheet (PDF, English) … Spanish

Mechanic killed! Truck falls off lift - fact sheet (PDF)

Runaway killer! Preventing forklift fatalities - fact sheet (PDF, English) … Spanish 

Hepatitis C - fact sheet (PDF)

 

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 Insecticides - acute illness from fipronil - journal article abstract, 2010

Ionizing radiation – epidemiologic study, Rockedyne Atomics Workers - report (PDF, 78 pages) 

Isocyanates - fact sheet (PDF)

 

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Jackstands - Falling vehicles kill: Jackstand safety - fact sheet (PDF, English) … Spanish

 

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Ladders - How to Prevent a Ladder Fall - fact sheet (English, PDF)  ... Spanish

Lead

Work-related lead poisoning publications

Lead - medical care guidelines (PDF)

 

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Medical waste, off-site steam autoclaves – investigation report (1.6 MB, PDF)

Mercury - fact sheet (PDF)

Metam-sodium, occupational illness due to pesticide drift - report (PDF)   ... Spanish summary report

Methyl bromide - fact sheet (PDF) ...

Methylene chloride

Methylene chloride - fact sheet (PDF)

Methylene chloride is dangerous... There are safer alternatives! (PDF) ...  Spanish

Choosing Paint Removal Methods: Safety Considerations (PDF) 

Worker Fatality Alert – Methylene Chloride Linked to Worker Death in Church (PDF)   |  Investigation Report (PDF) 

Worker Fatality Alert – Methylene Chloride Linked to Worker Death in Tank (PDF)   |   Investigation Report (PDF) 

 

Methyl methacrylate - fact sheet (PDF)

Molds in indoor workplaces - fact sheet (PDF)

 

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n-Hexane

n-Hexane - medical care guidelines (PDF) 

n-Hexane Use in Vehicle Repair Hazard Alert (PDF)

 

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Paraformaldehyde, room disinfection and pesticide illness – investigation report (PDF) 

PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) - fact sheet (PDF)

Perchloroethylene - fact sheet (PDF)

Pesticides - work-related pesticide illness publications list

 

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Rabies virus – fact sheet (PDF)

Repetitive motion – Prevention of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (PDF, 2.5MB – newsletter, 2002

 

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Solvents

Also: search for solvents by chemical name, or see HESIS publication list

Alternatives for five emerging solvents - study report (1.2 MB, PDF), 2006

Using Solvents Safely - booklet (3.1 MB, PDF)

Styrene - fact sheet (PDF)

 

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Toluene - fact sheet (PDF)

1,1,1-Trichloroethane - fact sheet (PDF)

Trichloroethylene (TCE) - fact sheet (PDF)

Tuberculosis (TB) - fact sheet (PDF)

 

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Violence - evaluation of programs to reduce violence in health care settings - project report (PDF) 

 

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Wood chipper – Tree trimmer killed – fact sheet (PDF, English) …Spanish

Wood dust and occupational asthma – booklet (PDF)

Wood preservatives containing arsenic and chromates - fact sheet (PDF)

  

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Xylene - fact sheet (PDF)

 

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