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FILE NAME: Visible Dust (VDT) DATE: 1975 DOC#: VDT010 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Industry Warning Information
Undercoating compound manufacturers warn against applying the material too close to the converter, possibly starting a lire under the car,
Oafs equipped with a converter have stopped on grassy
shoulders and Ignited the dry grass under the car, Floor mats inside vehicles have been charred by high con
verte? temperatures under the floor bosrd.
If fuel contains sulfur, emissions frost converters will
contain sulfuric acid mist and create en irritating atmos phere In auto sfeeps, parking garages, etc,
CAUTION: IRRITA7IMG SOAP
Recently, employes at a Westinghouse plant were having aller
gic problems using Prim Soap, h quick investigation showed
that a chemical component of Prim Soap, 3,5 dlbromalicylsnltide, reacting with the natural sunlight was the causa of the allergic effect.
Prim Soap is not on the approved Westinghouse Material List, Thie exemple la only one of the many that indicates the need for planta to usa the Material Evaluation Program.
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Inadequate clothing change and shower facilities may lead to
extensive amounts of asbestos and other dust.9 being taken
home to contaminate households.
Asbestos, once in the house, is difficult to remove and expo sure Could continue long after cessation of the worker's employment, isl#
The East Pittsburgh Works is using an amorphous silica tex tile substitute for asbestos products, the textile is being tested for its durability, flammability, and thermal proper ties in cutting and welding operations. For information call the Industrial Hygiene Laboratory, WIN 236-584?.
M 3B M 1 81easeay analysis of employes working with hazardous materials such as lead, mercury, fluoride, cadmium, arsenic, and tri-
iholorethylene muss: be performed periodically* Find out if this applies to yew; cheek with the Industrial Hygiene Labora tory, WIN 236-584?.
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FILM PREVIEW
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`IIOW MUCH ARE YOUR EYES WORTH?"
11-1/2 Minutes, Color . 175,00
Exceptionally Good
Harvest Films, 309 Fifth Avanue, New York, Hew York 10016
'HAND TOOL SAFETY - IT'S UP TO YOU"
10 Minutes, Color
Price not available.
TRW J, H, Williams Division, TRW, Inc,
iOO Vulcan Street, Buffalo, Mew York 14207
Very Good i
'NEW PULSE OF LIFE"
17 Minutes, Color
300.00
Exceptionally flood
'yramid Films, Inc,, Box 1048, Santa Monica, California 90496
NATXOHAL SAFETY COUNCIL SAFETY AWARENESS SERIES
.'YOU AND WHAT YOU DO" LO Minutes, Color ,
5175,00
Motivation Exceptionally Good
'YOUR BODY IS ONLY HUMAN"
10 Minutes, Color
$175.00
Good
'ACCIDENTS MADE EASY" 10 Minutes, Color
227,00
Good
NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL - DRIVING SERIES
'THE DRIVING EDGE" 10 Minutes, Color
175,00
Not Previewed
'PREVENTABLE - YES OS W 10 Minutes, Color
$175.00
Not Previewed
'A QUESTION OF .ATTITUDE" 10 Minutes, Color
175.00
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Good - planned for
overthe*road drivers, but could fee used for special training such ats lift truck operators.
COURSES FOR 1976
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The new ''Consolidated Course Catalog" for IST6 has been issue
Check with your training coordinators amd make your budgetary
plans. If the catalog has not'besn received at your faci'tity
give George Aransnuin a call,
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SAFETY - IT'S IN STYLE As styles and customs change, safety requirements must change An often overlooked hazardous style is the necktie. Host employers prohibit the wearing of neckties by persons working with or around moving machinery, However, often we see fore men, plant and methods engineer wearing neckties around moving machinery. The answer to this problem la to use the
eiip-on or snap-cm necktie which pulls off easily if caught
in moving parts.
OLD EQUIPMENT MAY GATHER DUST - AND CITATIONS
Not discarding old equipment that is no longer being used can cause extra headaches if it doesn't meet DSHA standard; you may have difficulty convincing a compliance offieer that it*s no longer in use. If you don't want to throw away old, pos sibly defective equipment, tag it and render it inoperable. If it is electrically operated, the surest way to render the machine Inoperable Is to disconnect the power That will prove to an OSHA compliance officer that it's not being used.
RADIATION EXPOSURE LIMITS LOWERED FOR FERTILE WOMEN The maximum permissible exposure of radiation to the fetus from occupational exposure of the expectant mother should not exceed 0,5 re during the entire gestation period,
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission5b Regulatory Guide 8,13 requires licensees to include information about biological risk to embryos or fetuses in instructions to workers re garding health protection problems associated with exposure to radiation and radioactive material.
For copies of this regulatory guide, contact the Industrial Hygiene laboratory on WIN 236-5841.
CATALYTIC CONVERTERS MAY BE HAZARDOUS An item of Increasing concern as a potential, ignition source and fire hazard are the catalytic converters cn 1915 automo biles. Some of the problems associated with these catalytic converters that pssse potential hazards ara;
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