Occupational safety in grain elevators and feed mills.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Worker safety in grain elevators and feed mills is described. The existing facilities are discussed and injury and hazard statistics are summarized. Sources of fire and explosion hazards as well as other hazards involving equipment are identified. Protective equipment, training, and work practices to improve safety are analyzed. Research directions on safety are recommended, and findings are compared to national and international safety standards. The authors conclude that the recommendations developed in this report should enable management and labor to develop better work practices resulting in safer work environments.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Cardiovascular System Environment Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Metal Workers Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Agricultural-workers Contract-210-79-0024 Grain-elevator-workers NIOSH-Contract
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-73
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00123128
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1981 Sep; :1-73
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NIOSH, Morgantown, West Virginia, 73 pages, 98 references
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:30cdb4a0b161c5a069396e8014da0fec80cae3ec48b9ef148be9da8e4a83db2f2460baf9aceb07303d1738fa875c98cd2864863b4438f22d517f35d1accecbfb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179476/cdc_179476_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.41 MB ]