Regulatory Bodies
Industrial Hygiene
OSHA Terms
Respiratory Terms
Other Terms
100

OSHA

What is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration

100

PPM

What is Part Per Million

100

HAZCOM

What is Hazard Commuication

100

APR

What is Air Purifying Respirator

100

BBP

What is Bloodborne Pathogens

200

EPA

What is the Environmental Protection Agency 

200

TWA

What is Time Weighted Average

200

LOTO

What is Lock Out Tag Out 

200

SAR

What is Supplied Air Respirator

200

PSIG

What is Pounds per Square Inch Gauge

300

ANSI

What is the American National Standards Institute

300

TLV

What is Threshold Limit Value  

300

SDS

What is Safety Data Sheet(s)

300

PAPR

What is Powered Air Purifying Respirator 

300

CFR

What is Code of Federal Regulations

400

NFPA

What is the National Fire Protection Agency 

400

IDLH

What is Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health 

400

HAZWOPER

What is Hazardous Waste and Emergency Response

400

MUC

What is Maximum Use Concentration

400

GHS

What is Globally Harmonized System

500

NIOSH

What is the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

500

PEL

What is Permissible Exposure Limit 

500

LEL

What is Lower Explosive Limit 

500

APF

What is Assigned Protection Factor

500

LC50

What is Lethal Dose to achieve 50% mortality rate 

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