Safety information profile: bleaching processes associated with the textile industry.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Nichols EM
• Description:
  A safety information profile is presented for the textile bleaching industry (SIC-2231). Fire, explosion, and health hazards are described and hazard control measures for bleaching by chemical oxidation, normally using hydrogen-peroxide (7722841) and infrequently using sodium-chlorite (7758192) and sodium-hypochlorite (7681529), are reviewed. Occupational accident and illness statistics are tabulated and industry trends and existing standards are discussed. Names and addresses of industry associations, unions, companies, and other interested parties are given. It is concluded that industry injury rates probably are not excessive, injury rate data for the textile bleaching process should be collected and reviewed, and federal regulations for control of bleaching process occupational hazards are inadequate. Federal adoption of industrial association guidelines for the control of hydrogen peroxide hazards is recommended. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no PDF
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Textile Industry
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Contract; Contract-210-78-0130; Textile-industry; Safety-programs; Safety-practices; Safety-equipment; Accident-statistics; Industrial-operations; Industrial-processes; Industrial-equipment; Industrial-hazards; Textile-machinery
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Virginia ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-44
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00091509
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84152792
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1979 Apr; :1-44
• CAS Registry Number:
  Hydrogen peroxide (CAS RN 7722-84-1) ; Sodium chlorite (CAS RN 7758-19-2) ; Sodium hypochlorite (CAS RN 7681-52-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2231 - Broadwoven fabric mills, wool - (SIC)
• Source Full Name:
  Division of Safety Research, NIOSH, Morgantown, West Virginia
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/240860/cdc_240860_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]