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Document ID (ISN)18967
CIS number 73-943
Year 1972
Convention or series no.
Title General galvanizing: A manual of safety [United Kingdom]
Bibliographic information Galvanizers Association, 34 Berkeley Square, London W1X 6AJ, United Kingdom, 1972. 41p.
Abstract This revised version of "A manual of good housekeeping and safety", first published in 1958, is a general industrial safety manual for use in the galvanising industry. The 6 chapters deal generally with: the problem of safety (considers the problem of human behaviour in relation to industrial accidents); the importance of good housekeeping; safety organisation; safety equipment (the provision of safety apparatus, protective clothing, good working environment and staff welfare and medical facilities); safety and the law (discusses common law in relation to factories and the United Kingdom Factories Acts 1961 relating to health and general safety provisions).
Descriptors (primary) occupational safety; surface coating; medical prevention; galvanizing; United Kingdom
Descriptors (secondary) manuals
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Subject(s) Metal production and metalworking
Broad subject area(s) Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Surface treatment