Decontamination procedures for chemical process equipment.

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• Personal Author:
  Renshaw FM
• Description:
  The basic elements of chemical process equipment decontamination procedures were described. The decontamination procedure was said to begin with the identification of equipment and the contaminant. It was recommended that the facility and process equipment be designed with consideration for decontamination, with all wood and concrete surfaces painted. Physical and chemical cleaning techniques were described, and high pressure water or solvent flushing were cited as the most common methods. The verification of decontamination was discussed and several wipe tests were described. The disposal of contaminated waste was addressed, and recycling of flush solvents, incineration, landfilling, and treatment were described as useful techniques. Personal protective equipment and hygiene were found to be important during the decontamination process, as equipment integrity and local exhaust ventilation may be overridden as part of the decontamination process. The importance of procedural controls in the decontamination process was stressed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Chemistry Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Waste Management
• Keywords:
  Chemical-cleaning; Mechanical-cleaning; Chemical-processing; Industrial-equipment; Chemical-manufacturing-industry; Personal-protective-equipment; Waste-disposal; Waste-treatment
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  159-179
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00172634
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1981 Mar; :159-179
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Control Technology and Personal Protective Equipment
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Symposium on Control of Workplace Hazards in the Chemical Manufacturing Industry, March 11-12, 1981, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, NIOSH, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/242305/cdc_242305_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]