Permissible Exposure Limit

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-020621",
  "term": "Permissible Exposure Limit",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Workplace exposure limits for contaminants established by OSHA.\n\n2. Federal limits for workplace exposure to contaminants as established by OSHA.\n\n3. An occupational health standard to safeguard employees against dangerous chemicals or contaminants in the workplace. [Last 1983]\n\n4. The legal limit for occupational exposure to airborne concentrations of several hundred agents. Established by OSHA (U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration) [REAP 1995]\n\n5. A PEL is an OSHA inhalation or dermal exposure limit specified in 29 CFR Part 1910, Subparts G and Z.\n\n6. The maximum average concentration of airborne contaminant exposure allowed by OSHA over a specified period of time (e.g., 8-hour time-weighted average, or 30-minute short term exposure limit). OSHA also sets ceiling concentration limits, which must not be exceeded at any time. In the absence of an OSHA limit, other exposure limits may be used. Examples of other exposure limits include NIOSH recommended exposure limits (RELs) and ACGIH threshold limit values (TLVs).\n\n7. Permissible exposure limits or PELs are occupational exposure limits for chemical and physical agents established by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). OSHA PELs have the force of law.\n\n8. PELs are occupational exposure limits for chemical and physical agents established by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). OSHA PELs are legally enforceable.",
  "abbreviation": "PEL",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms; Pesticides Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment",
    "EPA Emergency Responder Health and Safety Manual - Chapter 1: Site-Specific Health and Safety Plan (HASP) Development",
    "EPA Emergency Responder Health and Safety Manual - Chapter 4: Respiratory Protection Program",
    "EPA Emergency Responder Health and Safety Manual - Chapter 7: Physical Stress Management Program",
    "EPA Emergency Responder Health and Safety Manual - Chapter 5: Personal Protective Equipment Program"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/permissible-exposure-limit/"
}