Preliminary survey report of the solid material bagging, conveying and sampling operations at the W. R. Grace Silica Gel Plant, Cincinnati, Ohio, Report No. CT-112-12a.

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• Personal Author:
  Cooper T ; Klein, Matthew K. ; Wang CK
• Description:
  A control technology survey of solid material bagging, conveying, and sampling operations at the W. R. Grace (SIC-2819) silica gel facility, Cincinnati, Ohio was conducted on October 20, 1981. The facility employed 190 people in the manufacture of silica gel. Visual inspection of the facility identified five problems in the bagging operation involving excess dust from the bag seal on the fill spout, nonoperational exhaust ventilation on the packer machine, open bag valves on the filled bags, dust on the bag surfaces, and spilled product on the floor. The authors recommend that a method is needed to monitor the bag seal to determine if the seal is tight during filling. A method is also needed to remove dust from the bag surface following the removal of the bag from the valve to reduce dust source. The duct work on the ventilation system needs to be revised. The packing operator requires training to spot equipment malfunctions and to learn improved bag handling practices. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no PDF
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Dust Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Particulate Matter Preceptorship Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Control-technology; Field-Study; Chemical-manufacturing-industry; Occupational-hazards; Industrial-dusts; Safety-practices; Dust-exposure; Airborne-dusts; Safety-engineering; Region-5
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; 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:
  1-52
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00134244
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83244889
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1982 Mar; :1-52
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Control Technology and Personal Protective Equipment
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2819 - Industrial inorganic chemicals, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Source Full Name:
  Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, NIOSH, Cincinnati, Ohio, Report No. CT-112-12a, 52 pages
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/241661/cdc_241661_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]