G

Garvin, David, 179

Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association (GAMA):

arguments cast in technical terms, 151

petition to revoke CPSC standard, 141 -42

Gas space heaters, 121 -22

and carbon monoxide poisoning, 123 -24

chronic health effects of, 140

consumer misuse of, 151 -52

injuries caused by, 123 -24

legal prohibitions of, 129 -30

and National Fuel Gas Code, 131 , 185

oxygen depletion sensor (ODS) for, 134 -40

safety standards for, 120 -45.

See also American Gas Association Laboratories (AGA Labs)

Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Government agencies. See Public standards-setting organizations

names of specific government agencies

Grain dust. See Grain elevators

Grain elevators: "action level" for housekeeping, in OSHA standard, 57 -59

explosions in, 41 -42, 44 , 56

housekeeping strategies for, 45 -46, 48 -49

ignition-control strategies for, 42 -45

and lower explosive limit (LEL), 41 -42

National Academy of Sciences (NAS) studies of, 44 , 56 -57, 200

NFPA standard for, 46 -56

OSHA standard for, 56 -63

pneumatic dust-control in, 45 , 48 , 61

safety standards for, public and private, 39 -64

types of, 40 -41.

See also National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA)

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Guesswork, educated, 165

and

Guesswork, educated (continued)

judicial review, 191 -92

by NFPA, in aviation fire safety standard, 82

by NFPA, in grain elevator standard, 49

by OSHA, in grain elevator standard, 57 -59

by UL, in woodstove standard, 102 -4