NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (NPG)

The latest printed edition of the NIOSH Pocket Guide is dated February 2004 (green cover, NIOSH Publication No. 97-140, third printing with minor changes) and contains information on 677 chemicals or substance groupings. Printed copies are available from NIOSH, the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), or the Government Printing Office (GPO).

The Pocket Guide includes the following:

Chemical Names, synonyms, trade names, conversion factors, CAS, RTECS, and DOT Numbers

NIOSH Recommended Exposure Limits (NIOSH RELs)

Occupational Safety and Health Administration Permissible Exposure Limits (OSHA PELs)

NIOSH Immediate Dangerous to Life and Health values (NIOSH IDLHs) (documentation for those values can be found elsewhere on this website)

A physical description of the agent with chemical and physical properties

Measurement methods

Personal Protection and Sanitation Recommendations

Respirator Recommendations

Information on Health Hazards including route, symptoms, first aid and target organ information.

Download NPG

Download a stand-alone HTML version of the NPG compressed as a zip file:

Download zip file (1.25mb)(4mb uncompressed)
(requires Winzip or other decompression utility)

Note: The ZIP file contains HTML files condensed from the CD-ROM version of the NPG. External Links were removed so that this set of files acts as a "stand-alone" database. These files can be used with a web browser or on a Pocket PC with Pocket Internet Explorer.

NPG on CD-ROM

Electronic versions of the NIOSH Pocket Guide are available on CD-ROM from these vendors:

Request a CD-ROM version of the NPG from NIOSH

To order from a vendor:

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)
250 Main Street, East
Hamilton, Ontario L8N 1H6
CANADA
Telephone: (800) 668-4284 or (905) 570-8094
FAX: (905) 572-2206
E-mail: clientservices@ccohs.ca
(Available on CD-ROM)

Croner
145 London Road
Kingston-upon-Thames
Surrey KT2 6SR
United Kingdom

Industrial Hygiene Services, Inc.
7507 Washington Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63130
Telephone: (314) 726-6361 or (800) 732-3015
Email: ihresources@brick.net
(Available on CD-ROM and Diskette)

Micromedex, Inc.
6200 South Syracuse Way, Suite 300
Englewood, CO 80111-4740
Telephone: (800) 525-9083 or (303) 486-6400
FAX: (303) 486-6464
E-mail: info@mdx.com
(Available on CD-ROM)

National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
5285 Port Royal Road
Springfield, VA 22161
Telephone: (800) 553-6847 or (703) 605-6000
FAX: (703) 605-6900
E-mail: orders@ntis.gov
(Available on Diskette $141.00 (Plus $5.00 S&H))

TECSA S.p.A
Contact: Mr. Luca Fiorentini
Via Figino, 101
20016 Pero (Milano) ITALY
Telephone 39-2-33910-484
Fax: 39-2-33910-737
E-mail: tecsa@tecsaspa.com
(Available on CD-ROM)

NPG Printed Versions

To obtain printed copies of the NPG please order from one of the agencies listed below:

Click here to request a printed version of the NPG from NIOSH

National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
5285 Port Royal Road
Springfield, VA 22161
Telephone: (800) 553-6847 or (703) 605-6000
FAX: (703) 605-6900
E-mail: orders@ntis.gov
Order Number: PB 2003-100121 $25 plus shipping and handling

U.S. Superintendent of Documents
Government Printing Office (GPO)
Post Office Box 371954
Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954
Telephone: (866) 512-1800 or (202) 512-1800
FAX: (202) 512-2250
E-mail: orders@gpo.gov
Order Number: 017-033-00496-0 $28 including shipping and handling

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