Routes of Exposure
Breathing a chemical in through the mouth or nose.
What is Inhalation?
How long a person has been exposed to a hazard.
What is Duration of exposure?
Affects the brain, spinal cord, or nerves.
What i neurologic?
bacteria, viruses, insects, plants, birds, animals, and humans
What is Biological?
This is the most effective method of controlling hazards by removing it.
What is Elimination?
Eating or swallowing a chemical.
What is Ingestion?
How often a person has been exposed to a chemical, how many times over a time period.
What is frequency of exposure?
affects the lung function.
depends on the physical, chemical and toxic properties of the chemical
What is Chemical?
This is where you replace the hazard for a non- or less hazardous chemical or process.
what is Substitution?
The skin being punctured and a chemical getting inside your body.
What is Injection?
How a chemical gets into the body.
What is route of exposure?
Affects the movement of nutrients and wastes, body temperature, and the heart.
What is Cardiovascular?
stress, violence, etc.,
What is Psychosocial?
safety equipment worn by the employees to protect them from the hazard(s) they come into contact with.
What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?
Chemicals crossing the skin barrier and getting into the blood system.
What is absorption?
How strong a persons immune system is and how fit they are.
What is person health?
affects the rate of cell division, can cause changes to DNA.
What is Carcinogenic?
radiation, magnetic fields, pressure extremes (high pressure or vacuum), noise, etc.,
What is Physical?
These are aimed at changing the human element of the work process or schedule.
What are Administrative Controls?
Inhalation, absorption, ingestion, and injection.
What are the routes of exposure?
Affects developing Fetus or Embryo.
What is Teratogenic?
Affects the body's ability to fight infection.
What is Immunologic?
repetitive movements, improper set up of workstation
What is ergonomic?
These are designed to remove the hazard at the source, before it comes in contact with the worker.
What are Engineering Controls?