NIOSH Pocket Guide: What’s Inside
The NIOSH Pocket Guide includes the following:
- Chemical names, synonyms, trade names, CAS, RTECS, and DOT ID and guide numbers
- Chemical structure/formula, conversion factors
- NIOSH recommended exposure limits (RELs)
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) permissible exposure limits (PELs)
- NIOSH immediately dangerous to life and health values (IDLHs)
- Physical description and chemical and physical properties of agents
- Measurement methods
- Personal protection and sanitation recommendations
- Respirator selection recommendations
- Incompatibilities and reactivities of agents
- Exposure routes, symptoms, target organs, and first aid information
Download the NIOSH Pocket Guide
Download the NIOSH Pocket Guide CD-ROM as an ISO image file and create a disc with CD-ROM authoring software.
The NIOSH Pocket Guide ZIP file contains a condensed version of the NIOSH Pocket Guide.
All non-Pocket Guide links were removed so that this set of files acts as a “stand-alone” database. These files can be used with a standard web browser or on some mobile devices.
- 2010-168c.zip
(245 MB) (requires WinZip or other unzipping software) - 2010-168c.exe(181 MB) (Self-extracting zip file for Windows)
- 2010-168c.iso DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2010-168c
(ISO Requires CD-ROM authoring software) - PDF version DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2005-149
(requires Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing and printing)
Ordering Information
To order free copies of the NIOSH Pocket Guide:
- Print Version, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2005-149: http://wwwn.cdc.gov/pubs/niosh.aspx#2005 Publications
- CD-ROM, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2010-168c: http://wwwn.cdc.gov/pubs/niosh.aspx#2010 Publications
