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Document ID (ISN)43002
CIS number 84-2024
Year 1983
Convention or series no.
Author(s)
(Vsesojuznyj central'nyj naučno-issledovatel'skij institut ohrany truda)
Title Safety and health in hammer forging, drop forging and pressing shops
Original title Bezopasnost' truda v kuznečno-pressovom proizvodstve [in Russian]
Bibliographic information VCNIIOT, VCSPS, Obolenskij per. 10, 119 021 Moskva, USSR, 1983. 52p. Illus. 29 ref.
Abstract Literature survey of work conditions in forging shops, of associated accidents and their causes, of forging machinery and procedures, of appropriate preventive measures. Main hazards are: fumes and dust released by reheating furnaces, red-hot workpieces and drop-forging emulsions that decompose on contact with hot objects; radiant heat; impact noise; heavy monotonous work. OSH improvement strategy is outlined, and concrete solutions are described (fixed and moving guards, interlocking systems, two-hand controls).
Descriptors (primary) forging; metalworking industry; power presses; drop forging
Descriptors (secondary) literature survey; occupational accidents; impact noise; hot workplaces; conditions of work; health engineering; pyrolysis products
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Metal production and metalworking
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Metalworking industry
Foundries, metalcasting and forging operations