Abrasive Blasting Operations: Engineering Control and Work Practices Manual

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This publication, intended for use by plant safety and industrial hygiene engineers, describes in detail typical abrasive blast cleaning practices and equipment; potential health and safety hazards involved; methods to identify hazards, and measures which can be taken to control hazards. Abrasive blasting operations expose workers to silica sand and high noise levels, and hazards such as failure to use equipment and personal protective equipment properly, and lack of adequate machine maintenance. Research indicates that some 100,000 abrasive blasters are exposed to silica dust, inhalation of which can lead to silicosis, for up to 60 million manhours each year. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Safety Management Silicon Dioxide
• Keywords:
  Abrasive-dusts; Silica-dusts; Safety-equipment; Safety-measures; Accident-prevention; Health-protection; Pulmonary-system-disorders; Control-technology; Abrasive-blasting
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 76-179, 1976 Mar; :1-154
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  CDC-210-75-0029
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  162 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000332
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-273796
• CAS Registry Number:
  Cristobalite (CAS RN 14464-46-1) ; Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7) ; Tridymite (SiO2) (CAS RN 15468-32-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Performing Organization:
  Enviro-Management and Research, Inc.
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:67bd5e7cf7db23735d6138c4c3f033aed2afdbe8ca43772fde7fef38ad306a592a73bd683d39b76d2d13a6a9c7a0d9a2f6835fa2015227d8f0e9fa3b37601b19
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/11480/cdc_11480_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.62 MB ]