Industrial hygiene walk-through survey report of Motorola, Incorporated, Semiconductor Group, Phoenix, Arizona, Photovoltaics Area.

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• Personal Author:
  Briggs T
• Description:
  A walk through survey was conducted at the Motorola, Incorporated, Semiconductor Facility, Phoenix, Arizona, where research was being conducted on photovoltaic process technologies and finished modules were being produced. The photovoltaics area included processes fRom, William N.afer to finished module production. Processes used were described, including wafer cleaning and etching, texture etching, junction formation, metallization, and module assembly. Results of the survey indicated that industrial hygiene controls were excellent, with model chemical handling and accident prevention systems. The company safety manager and safety engineer inspected all equipment before installation or operation. Medical records were maintained for all personnel. The approach for ventilation control and chemical handling was to provide complete control for all operations and all possible air contaminants. The author concludes that this operation could well serve as a model to be emulated by other firms in this field.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Air Pollutants, Occupational Dust Laboratories Lung Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety Silicon Dioxide Welding
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Electric-power-generation Field-Study NIOSH-Survey Power-generation Region-9 Safety-practices Semiconductors Ventilation-systems
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide
• Place as Subject:
  Arizona ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-25
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00180420
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, IWS 68-15, 1979 May; :1-25
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Performing Organization:
  PEDCo Environmental, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1a4bf8667d321ec55c9654d92df94181f03c6c8ea6a59ead43745fd42197e7305f47f69b9c1e1c121ac8e327befb39b5fdc6dffdf1224629b938e113fcb6367b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/180065/cdc_180065_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.06 MB ]