Preliminary survey report: control technology for filling of containers at Corn Products Company, Summit, Illinois.

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• Personal Author:
  Cooper TC
• Description:
  A survey of technology for controlling exposure to dust during loading of bulk dry materials was conducted at Corn Products Company (SIC-2046), Summit, Illinois in December, 1985. The control technology consisted of a dust control loading (DCL) system containing a loading spout having 14 feet of travel and a skirt attachment around the spout, and a 1,000 cubic feet per minute exhaust. The system was used to load trucks and railroad cars with a fiber product. The DCL system was not effective when loading open trucks containing ribs running across the top and down the center and railroad hopper cars. Personal protection in the bulk loading area included safety shoes and a safety line for workers on top of the railroad cars. The company was planning to replace the DCL system with a new loading station. The author concludes that the DCL system as presently used is ineffective in reducing dust emissions. He concludes that when the new loading station goes into operation, an in depth study could be of value in determining the spout's effectiveness in controlling dust.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Occupational Health Radiation Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Control-technology Dust-exposure Exposure-levels Field-Study Health-hazards Materials-storage NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Occupational-exposure Protective-measures Pulmonary-disorders Region-5 Respiratory-irritants

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• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHECTB15513a
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Control Technology
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Ohio ; 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:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00159084
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, ECTB 155-13a, 1986 Mar; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1986
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2046 - Wet corn milling - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:44cf2e35c608cd796f09881fe8690407cba92411f5c06bc092e695023a0c7573d076f3a6ca9d07c54bfadc0b5ead98dbd7aa8c4a1548152d3bdd69924f997fd1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179810/cdc_179810_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 214.71 KB ]