Chemicals found in the workplace, used or treated in any way can have some negative effects on the employees. In order to protect the health of the employees and to provide a safe working environment from the existing or potential risks arising from these effects, chemical exposure measurements should be made in the enterprises.

When chemical exposure is mentioned, it is generally mentioned that chemical contamination may occur in the work area. The chemicals used in the enterprises may contaminate the technical equipment, objects, air, human skin and food used in the working area and may adversely affect health.

According to the understanding of industrial hygiene, some calculations are made for the sensitivity of the employees to the specified chemical substances and an assessment is made by measuring chemical substances in the air in the operating environment.

The employer, who is responsible for all kinds of occupational safety and health, is also obliged to protect its employees in terms of chemical sensitivity. For this, all kinds of tests, measurements and analysis must take the necessary measures. 

In order to prevent the above-mentioned negative situations, the employer should carry out risk analysis and fulfill the requirements according to the report and protect its employees against all kinds of negative situations. Already with the relevant regulation this has become a legal obligation.

During the risk assessment studies, the risks and damages of the substance in terms of health and safety, the Turkish material safety data sheet to be obtained from the manufacturer, importer or seller, the type, level and duration of the chemical exposure, the amount of the substance, the manner of use and frequency of use, occupational exposure limit values ​​and biological limit values, the effect of all the measures taken or to be taken, the results of the previous health surveillance, the interaction of these substances with each other in working environments, such as the interaction of these substances are reviewed by authorized and experts. analyzed.

In addition, within the scope of work environment surveillance, the issues of determining the presence of various substances that pose danger and risk to the health and safety of employees, measuring their levels and taking them under control when necessary are evaluated. The process of measuring the exposure values ​​of the chemicals used in the raw materials on the dust, smoke and people in the working environment, using certain technical tools, and determining the daily and weekly exposure values ​​and STEL values ​​is also called chemical measurement. In these studies, chemical substances are easily flammable substances, allergic substances, corrosive substances, dangerous substances for the environment, carcinogenic substances, etc. It is classified as.

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