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Visualizing the NIOSH Pocket Guide: Open-source web application for accessing and exploring the NIOSH Pocket Guide to
LeeAnn Lucas1, Christine Whittaker2, A John Bailer3
1Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
|October 24, 2023
Summary
The NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (NPG) data was reformatted into a web application, enabling advanced analysis of chemical exposure limits and health endpoints for workplace safety. This tool enhances data exploration beyond individual chemical lookups.
Area of Science:
- Occupational Health and Safety
- Industrial Hygiene
- Toxicology
Background:
- The NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (NPG) is a primary resource for chemical safety information in the workplace.
- Existing NPG formats (print, PDF, database, mobile app) allow individual chemical data access but lack cross-chemical analysis capabilities.
- Manual data extraction and analysis are required for comparative studies of occupational exposure limits.
Purpose of the Study:
- To reformat NPG data for enhanced searchability and analysis.
- To develop a web application for exploring relationships between occupational exposure limits and chemical properties.
- To enable data visualization and analytics across multiple chemicals.
Main Methods:
- Reformatting existing data from the NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards.
- Developing a web application to support data exploration and analysis.
- Conducting usability evaluations with industrial hygienists and researchers.
Main Results:
- A new web application enables users to investigate relationships between occupational exposure limits, their distribution, and chemical sorting by health endpoints.
- The application facilitates summarizing information of particular interest, tasks previously requiring manual data extraction.
- Usability testing indicated relevance for researchers, with potential for customization by users.
Conclusions:
- The developed web application significantly improves the ability to analyze and visualize NPG data compared to existing formats.
- The tool supports advanced data exploration for occupational exposure assessment and chemical hazard analysis.
- Open-source availability allows for user modification and increased customization for diverse applications.
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