ASTM E1542-93(2004)

Standard Terminology Relating to Occupational Health and Safety

SCOPE
1.1 The terms in this standard are used in the fields of occupational health and of safety. The terms are used to describe the limits of exposure under different conditions, the meanings of terms used in describing events and the types of items measured. They will commonly be used to express the effect of an event or the limit of a chemical exposure on human beings.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 31-Mar-2004
• ICS: 01.040.13 - Environment. Health protection. Safety (Vocabularies)
• ICS: 13.100 - Occupational safety. Industrial hygiene
• Technical Committee: E34 - Occupational Health and Safety
• Drafting Committee: E34.01 - Terminology

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM E1542-93(1998) - Standard Terminology Relating to Occupational Health and Safety
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2004
• Replaced By: ASTM E1542-10 - Standard Terminology Relating to Occupational Health and Safety
• Effective Date: 01-Aug-2010
• Referred By: ASTM D8506-23 - Standard Guide for Microbial Contamination and Biodeterioration in Turbine Oils and Turbine Oil Systems
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2004
• Referred By: ASTM E3280-22 - Standard Guide for the Safe Use of Table Saws
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2004
• Referred By: ASTM E2657-21 - Standard Practice for Determination of Endotoxin Concentrations in Water-Miscible Metalworking Fluids
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2004
• Referred By: ASTM E3279-21 - Standard Guide for Managing Heat Stress and Heat Strain in Foundries
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2004
• Referred By: ASTM E2148-21 - Standard Guide for Using Documents Related to Metalworking or Metal Removal Fluid Health and Safety
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2004
• Referred By: ASTM E1370-21 - Standard Guide for Air Sampling Strategies for Worker and Workplace Protection
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2004
• Referred By: ASTM E2693-19 - Standard Practice for Prevention of Dermatitis in the Wet Metal Removal Fluid Environment
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2004
• Referred By: ASTM E1302-23 - Standard Guide for Acute Animal Toxicity Testing of Water-Miscible Metalworking Fluids
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2004
• Referred By: ASTM E2920-19 - Standard Guide for Recording Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2004
• Referred By: ASTM E2625-19 - Standard Practice for Controlling Occupational Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica for Construction and Demolition Activities
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2004
• Referred By: ASTM E2349-19 - Standard Practice for Safety Requirements in Metal Casting Operations: Sand Preparation, Molding, and Core Making; Melting and Pouring; and Cleaning and Finishing
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2004
• Referred By: ASTM E2144-21 - Standard Practice for Personal Sampling and Analysis of Endotoxin in Metalworking Fluid Aerosols in Workplace Atmospheres
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2004
• Referred By: ASTM E2875/E2875M-12(2021) - Standard Guide for Personal Protective Equipment for the Handling of Flat Glass
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2004

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation:E1542–93 (Reapproved 2004)
Standard Terminology
Relating to Occupational Health and Safety
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E1542; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope which nearly all workers may be repeatedly subjected for a
normal 8- to 10-h workday, 40-h workweek without known
1.1 The terms in this standard are used in the fields of
adverse health effects.
occupational health and of safety. The terms are used to
3.1.3 short-term exposure limit (STEL)—the 15-min time-
describe the limits of exposure under different conditions, the
weighted average exposure which shall not be exceeded at any
meanings of terms used in describing events and the types of
time during a work day, even if the Occupational Exposure
items measured. They will commonly be used to express the
Limit is not exceeded. Exposures above the Occupational
effect of an event or the limit of a chemical exposure on human
Exposure Limit up to the STEL should not be longer than 15
beings.
min and should not occur more than 4 times per day. The
2. Referenced Documents minimum interval between these exposures should be 60 min.
3.1.3.1 Discussion—The phrase “nearly all workers” only
2.1 ASTM Standards:
excludes those who are hyper-sensitive to substance exposure
E591 Practice for Safety and Health Requirements Relating
or who have known medical conditions which may be aggra-
to Occupational Exposure to Ozone
vated by substance exposure. Thus most workers are included
E752 Practice for Safety and Health Requirements Relating
in the group in which no adverse health effects are expected.
to Occupational Exposure to Carbon Disulfide
The phrase “a normal 8 to 10 h workday, 40-h workweek”
E848 GuideforSafetyandHealthRequirementsRelatingto
refers to the type of work being done, that is, what is usually
Occupational Exposure to Water-Insoluble Chromates
done from one week to the next or one day to the next. It does
E849 NO TITLE
not refer to length of working time as being the major
E1132 Practice for Health Requirements Relating to Occu-
consideration.
pational Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica
The following specified periods of time must be addressed
E1156 Practice for Health Requirements for Occupational
either by determining a value or by stating the “time” is not
Exposure to Synthetic Amorphous Silica
addressed:
3. Terminology
a) workday (number of hours specified)
b) workweek (number of hours specified)
3.1 Generic Terms and their Definitions:
c) lifetime (that is, cumulative)
3.1.1 ceiling limit—an exposure which shall not be ex-
d) very short term maximum (for example, short-term
ceeded during any part of the workday. If instantaneous
exposure limit, ceiling, etc.)
monitoring is not feasible, then the ceiling limit shall be
Other specified periods of time may be addressed.
assessed as a 15-min time-weighted average exposure which
3.2 Terminology Based on Existing E34 Standards:
shallnotbeexceededatanytimeoveraworkingdayexceptfor
3.2.1 occupational exposure limit to asbestos—the maxi-
substances which cause immediate irritation upon short expo-
mum time weighted average (TWA) number of asbestiform
sure.
fibers to which nearly all workers may be repeatedly subjected
3.1.2 occupational exposure limit XXXXX, “generic”—the
over a normal day or a 40-h week and the peak number of
maximum time weighted average (TWA) concentration to
asbestiform fibers to which an individual may be subjected
during 15 min or less, without known
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