Routes of Exposure
Severity of health effects depend on
Types of health effects
Types of Hazards
Hierarchy of Controls
100

Breathing a chemical in through the mouth or nose. 

What is Inhalation?

100

How long a person has been exposed to a hazard.

What is Duration of exposure?

100

Affects the brain, spinal cord, or nerves.

What i neurologic?

100

bacteria, viruses, insects, plants, birds, animals, and humans

What is Biological?

100

This is the most effective method of controlling hazards by removing it.

What is Elimination?

200

Eating or swallowing a chemical.

What is Ingestion?

200

How often a person has been exposed to a chemical, how many times over a time period.

What is frequency of exposure?

200

affects the lung function.

What is Respiratory?
200

depends on the physical, chemical and toxic properties of the chemical

What is Chemical?

200

This is where you replace the hazard for a non- or less hazardous chemical or process.

what is Substitution?

300

The skin being punctured and a chemical getting inside your body.

What is Injection?

300

How a chemical gets into the body.

What is route of exposure?

300

Affects the movement of nutrients and wastes, body temperature, and the heart.

What is Cardiovascular?

300

stress, violence, etc.,

What is Psychosocial?

300

safety equipment worn by the employees to protect them from the hazard(s) they come into contact with.

What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?

400

Chemicals crossing the skin barrier and getting into the blood system.

What is absorption?

400

How strong a persons immune system is and how fit they are.

What is person health?

400

affects the rate of cell division, can cause changes to DNA.

What is Carcinogenic?

400

radiation, magnetic fields, pressure extremes (high pressure or vacuum), noise, etc.,

What is Physical?

400

These are aimed at changing the human element of the work process or schedule.

What are Administrative Controls?

500

Inhalation, absorption, ingestion, and injection.

What are the routes of exposure?

500

Affects developing Fetus or Embryo.

What is Teratogenic?

500

Affects the body's ability to fight infection.

What is Immunologic?

500

repetitive movements, improper set up of workstation

What is ergonomic?

500

These are designed to remove the hazard at the source, before it comes in contact with the worker.

What are Engineering Controls?