NASA Procedural Requirements

NPR 1800.1D Effective Date: October 06, 2009 Expiration Date: December 06, 2022

Subject: NASA Occupational Health Program Procedures

Responsible Office: Office of the Chief Health & Medical Officer

Appendix D. Partial Listing of Hazardous and Potentially Substances and Articles

D.1 Articles:

• Ionizing radiation sources and devices
• Class 3b and 4 lasers and sources of hazardous non-laser optical radiation (i.e., devices which emit non-coherent radiation in the wavelength range from 180 nm to 1 mm)
• High intensity, ultraviolet, and infrared lights
• Radio frequency (RF) and microwave emitters that operate in the frequency range of 3 kHz and 300 GHz, including but not limited to: radar systems; telemetry, and communications systems; microwave diathermy units; radio frequency generators; and RF heat sealers
• Devices that produce hazardous noise
• Pyrotechnic devices and explosives
• Pressurized vessels
• Equipment that produces 85 dBA or more at a distance of 3 feet

D.2 Substances:

• Any substance listed in 29 CFR 1910, Subpart H, Hazardous Materials, Parts 101 through 111
• Any substance defined as highly hazardous chemicals by 29 CFR 1910.119, OSHA Process Safety Management Regulation
• Any substance defined as hazardous in 29 CFR 1910, Subpart Z, Toxic and Hazardous Substances
• Any substance defined by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, as Group 1, 2A, or 2B
• Any substance defined by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) as category A1, A2 or A3
• Any substance listed at a potential human carcinogen by NIOSH
• Any substance listed as a Department of Health and Human Services, National Toxicology Program Report on Carcinogens, Part A, Known to be Human Carcinogens, or Part B, Reasonably Anticipated to be Human Carcinogens
• Any substance known or suspected of being capable of posing a hazard to human reproduction, including reproductive and developmental toxins
• Any substance listed by DOT or EPA as a hazardous or extremely hazardous
• Nano and ultrafine particles
• Any unsealed radioactive source
• Any substance that is explosive, reactive, corrosive, pyrophoric or cryogenic
• Any substance that is an asphyxiant, irritant, sensitizer or convulsant
• Any substance that is mutagenic or teratogenic
• Any substance that is a nerve, blistering or choking agent
• Any substance defined by EPA as a characteristic hazardous waste
• Any infectious (Level 2 and higher biohazard) agents; any listed in 42 CFR 72, Interstate Shipments of Etiologic Agents; or any listed in 42 CFR 73, Select Biological Agents and Toxins
• Any EPA category I, II, or III toxic pesticides

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