Industrial process - incineration.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Darby GH ; Dukich A ; Hargens CW ; Hill HG ; Hsiao SH ; Liss-Suter D ; Mason R ; Miller LM
• Description:
  An information profile on the potential occupational hazards of the incineration processes used by various sanitary service establishments (SIC-4953) are reviewed. Refuse transport, holding areas, furnace burning, residue removal, and various furnace capacities and designs are described. Methods of incinerating aqueous and solid wastes and the specific chemical and physical hazards of refuse handling are discussed. Worker exposures, occupational health and safety statistics, biologic effects, labor statistics, and industry trends are reviewed. A list of pertinent standards is included. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety Waste Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Contract; Contract-210-77-0167; Sanitary-services; Trucking; Industrial-processes; Wastes; Waste-disposal; Industrial-hazards; Industrial-health; Industrial-safety; Work-environment; Biochemical-effects;
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  276-288
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00094534
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1978 Apr; :276-288
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  4953 - Refuse systems - (SIC)
• Source Full Name:
  Information Profiles on Potential Occupational Hazards: Final Report - April, 1978, NIOSH, Rockville, Maryland
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/241017/cdc_241017_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]