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MSHA Handbook Series
U.S. Department of Labor
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Metal and Nonmetal Mine Safety and Health
October 2006
Handbook Number PH06-IV-1(1)

METAL AND NONMETAL
HEALTH INSPECTION PROCEDURES

Due to the size of this handbook, we are providing you with this handbook, chapter by chapter.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 - Basics of Industrial Hygiene

Chapter 2 - Health Inspections

Chapter 3 - Contaminant Index

Chapter 4 - Sampling Pumps

Chapter 5 - Mineral Dusts - Gravimetric Method

Chapter 6 - Mineral Dust - Impinger Method

Chapter 7 - Metal Dusts, Fumes and Mists

Chapter 8 - Asbestos Fibers

Chapter 9 - Sorbent Media Sampling

Chapter 10 - Ionizing Radiation

Chapter 11 - Detector/Diffusion Tube Sampling

Chapter 12 - Vacuum Samplers

Chapter 13 - Electronic Direct-Read Instruments

Chapter 14 - Miscellaneous Sampling Methods

Chapter 15 - Noise

Chapter 16 - Personal Protective Equipment

Chapter 17 - Heat Stress

Chapter 18 - Ventilation

Chapter 19 - Chemical Storage and Use

Chapter 20 - Eating Areas and Sanitary Conditions

Chapter 21 - Documentation and Recordkeeping

Chapter 22 - Diesel Particulate Matter Sampling


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