Walk-through survey report of the bagging operation at Tennessee Valley Authority's National Fertilizer Development Center, Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

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• Personal Author:
  Cooper TC
• Description:
  A site visit was made to the Tennessee Valley Authority's National Fertilizer Development Center (SIC-2873, SIC-2874) (NFDC) in Muscle Shoals, Alabama to determine the effectiveness of control measures used to lessen possible hazardous working conditions. The NFDC was to provide products, processes, and processing beneficial to the fertilizer industry. At the time of the visit 46-0-0 granular urea was being packaged into 50 pound plastic bags. Attention was paid to the control of airborne dust in dry chemical bagging and filling operations. Engineering control technology observed during this process included ventilation systems, work practices and protective equipment. While there were some controls worth noting at the facility, the packers were in need of repair. Product was continually leaking from the fill spouts into the environment of the workers whenever a bag was not on the spout. Employees were required to wear safety shoes, safety glasses, and hard hats. Respirators were not required. The author concludes that control techniques in use were not exemplary.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Agriculture Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution Air Pollution, Indoor Insecticides Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-chemicals Chemical-industry-workers Control-methods Control-technology Dust-control Field-Study NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Region-4
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHECTB11214A
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Control Technology
• Place as Subject:
  Alabama ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Tennessee
• 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:00182764
• 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 112-14A, 1982 Jun; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• NORA Priority Area:
  Control-technology
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2873; 2874
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a9b38075bf0110fa5915079adbd38bd7d03530266d219cbb8a90cf71bb8602d6445946cca67fd35659623888ebea4cbc5bf051aabd6ca6945fe3ca6f29b94419
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/180098/cdc_180098_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 217.23 KB ]