Preliminary survey report: plating shop, American Airlines, Maintenance and Engineering Center, Tulsa International Airport, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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• Personal Author:
  Mortimer, Vincent D. Jr.
• Description:
  A visit was made to the Plating Shop of the American Airlines Maintenance and Engineering Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, in order to evaluate control methods in place at this facility. The plating shop was a separate room within a larger building. The tanks were set on concrete pedestals built up from the concrete ventilation duct tunnels which run underneath each line. Grit blasting and shot peening were performed in another area. There were three hard chrome lines with a total of 22 plating tanks. One line contained electroless nickel and copper plating tanks, and the cadmium for the nickel/cadmium process. There was a nickel line with four plating tanks and and a cadmium line. Twenty eight workers were employed at the time of this visit in the plating shop including two machinists. Almost all plating and surface preparation tanks were ventilated with slot hoods on two or three sides of the tank, connected to one of the concrete main ducts underneath the tanks. An excellent degree of capture was demonstrated. Work practices includes draining and rinsing pieces over the plating tanks. Gloves were worn when removing pieces from the acid dip and plating tanks, and the workers wore face shields when working around the nitric-acid (7697372) tank. The author concludes that the ventilation system worked exceptionally well. The author recommends that this facility be included in an in depth evaluation of safety and control measures in the plating industry.
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Biomechanical Phenomena Construction Industry Ergonomics Fatigue Ferrous Compounds Metal Workers Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Cadmium-compounds Chrome-plating Electroplaters Electroplating Field-Study Nickel-compounds NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Region-6
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHECTB10617a
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Control Technology
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; Oklahoma ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6
• 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:
  1-5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00183684
• 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 106-17a, 1981 Dec; :1-5
• CAS Registry Number:
  Nitric acid (CAS RN 7697-37-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:64d8330eb0d5ef014a5fa132845de6c36c88f92c9bfa37f70395ddef222b406a655a52ae710780a94d83b048b96a7ff69dd5ac88678120cf3e213fe0e03b3048
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/180149/cdc_180149_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.55 MB ]