Preliminary control technology assessment of General Refractories Company, Hitchens, Kentucky.

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• Personal Author:
  Godbey FW
• Description:
  Health hazard control measures, work processes, and existing control technologies were evaluated at General Refractories Company (SIC- 3255), Hitchens, Kentucky in September, 1982. The company employed up to 190 workers involved in the production of high duty fire clay bricks and shapes from locally mined soft and hard clays. Raw clays were roughly crushed, then fed automatically and manually into dry pans for fine crushing. Finely ground material was measured, mixed, and transported to single and double shaft mills for addition of water to produce a rigid mud. The blend was fed into brick machines and extruded for cutting into slugs. The slugs were pressed into final shapes with hydraulic and mechanical presses. The shapes were palletized, fired, ground, and sawed into finished products. A union management committee conducted monthly inspections and safety meetings, and an environmental and medical monitoring program was in existence. Protective equipment was provided for eyes, head, and hearing. Local exhaust ventilation was used at the grinding and diamond blade sawing operations. The author does not recommend an in depth study of this company since no unique state of the art control technologies are used. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Ceramics Environmental Monitoring Eye Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Preceptorship Protective Clothing Safety Sense Organs Silicon Dioxide Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; Control-technology; Ceramics-industry; Industrial-processes; Hydraulic-equipment; Environmental-health-monitoring; Region-4; Medical-monitoring; Eye-protective-equipment; Hearing-protection; Exhaust-ventilation; Silica-dusts
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Standards
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; 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:
  1-3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00158063
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB86226883
• 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, CT 110-18a, 1983 May; :1-3
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3255 - Clay refractories - (SIC)
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/238684/cdc_238684_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]