
606 INDEX
mineral oils, 159, 166
mixtures of chemicals, 170, 171
monomer storage, 249
oxides of nitrogen, 154
oxidizing agents, 235
oxygen, 260, 302
painting, 164, 167
personal protection, See Personal protection
pesticides, 161, 515, 517
pyrophoric substances, 220
radioactive chemicals, 392, 394
rubber dust/fume, 138
synthetic resin, 172
tetrachloroethylene, 168
toxic chemicals, 120, 143
trichloroethylene, 169
water sensitive chemicals, 229, 231
welding fume, 177
Prescribed diseases, 17
Prescribed processes, 17, 145, 513
Prescribed substances, 17, 139, 145, 146, 147, 307, 472,
513, 515, 516
Pressure, 56, 57
Pressure rupture, 46, 47, 49, 57, 219
Pressure System Safety Regulations 2000, 423
Pressure systems, 17, 423
Process design, 135, 244, 397
Process hazards, 45, 243, 398
Protective clothing, 437
properties of materials, 437, 440, 441
Protective footwear, 440
Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998,
596
Pyrophoric chemicals, 17, 41, 214, 218, 220
Pyrotechnics, 241, 243, 245
Radiation-types, 391
Radioactive chemicals, See also Chemicals; Transportation
control measures, See Precautions
exposure limits, 393
hazards, 391
monitoring, 393
types, 391
Radioactive Substances (Carriage by Road) (Great Britain)
Regulations, 464
Reactive hazards, 44, 228
explosive, 235
mixtures, 231, 468
pyrophoric, 17, 214
thermal runaway, 252
unstable, 228
water-sensitive, 228
Reasonably practicable, 17
Reducing agents, 18, 72
Reduction, 25
Reportable disease, 18
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences
(RIDDOR) Regulations 1995, 596
Respiratory fibrogens, 77
Respiratory protection:
assigned protection factor, 434
nominal protection factor, 433
types, 433
Respiratory sensitizers, See Sensitizers
Responsibilities, 413, 426, 460, 461, 462, 463, 480, 517
Risk, 18
Risk assessment, 119, 140, 223, 226, 526
Risk control, See Chemicals, control measures; Precautions
Risk phrases, 448
Rodenticides, See also Pesticides, 160
Rubber industry, 137, 138
Safety phrases, 450
Safety systems, 413, 414
Safety tests, See also Flash point determination, 459
Salts, 32, 56
Sampling strategies, 314, 354, 359, 363, 386, 387
Segregation, See also Chemicals, 136, 397
Sensitizers:
respiratory, 18, 72, 76, 173
skin, 18, 72, 74, 173
Separation distances, 293, 398, 402
Services, See Plant
Sewerage undertaking, 513
Short Term Exposure Limit (STEL), 82, 111
Sick building syndrome, 18, 170
Silica:
content, 78
types of dust, 77, 78, 79
Silver, 30
Skin absorption, See Absorption
Smoke, 18, 41
Solid:
thermal contraction, 60
thermal expansion, 60
waste disposal, See Waste
waste potential hazards, See Waste
waste treatment, See Waste
Solubility:
gas–liquid, 46
in water (data), 180
Spacing distances:
for hazardous chemicals, 398, 402
for LPG storage, 293
Special waste, 18, 517, 530
Precautions (Cont’d)