Health and Safety Guide for Metal Furniture and Manufacturers

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Guide intended to assist in providing a safe and healthful workplace for workers employed in metal furniture and mattress manufacturing by describing safe practices and helping to correct some of the more frequently encountered violations of the safety and health standards. The main topics covered include: health and safety program; employee training; information about metal furniture and mattress manufacturers; control of exposure to hazardous substances; manual and power tools; frequently violated regulations, with emphasis on walking and working surfaces, exits and exit markings, and occupational health and environmental control; occupational noise exposure; hazardous materials; spray painting; personal protective equipment; fire protection; medical and first aid; compressed air equipment; materials handling and storage; machinery and machine guarding; welding, cutting and brazing; electrical code. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Dust Fires Interior Design And Furnishings Metal Workers Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Safety Safety Management

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• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Air-contamination Control-measures Dust-control Fire-prevention Furniture-industry Industrial-hygiene Metalworking Noise-control Safety-devices Safety-engineering Safety-measures Safety-practices

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• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Handbooks
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DTS - Division of Technical Services
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-82
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00075574
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-277327
• 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, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 78-101, 1977 Aug; :1-82
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:20157c28de56dcc3c05a288322e72197bf6b3293c3b774a730fb2727962d646b80b2e8f43186265b76aafe01670025023df642485fe99419701a5cab29727da3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209322/cdc_209322_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.82 MB ]