| Document ID (ISN) | 18977 |
| CIS number |
73-945 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0007-0718 - British Foundryman |
| Year |
1972 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Lawrie W.B. |
| Title |
Some recent developments in health and safety in foundries |
| Bibliographic information |
Aug. 1972, Vol.65, No.8, p.313-317. 15 ref. |
| Abstract |
Paper presented at the annual conference of the Institute of British Foundrymen, Eastbourne, June 1972. The author discusses recent work by the Joint Standing Committee on Health, Safety and Welfare in foundries and its sub-committees. He briefly considers: work on the safety of continuous casting; the risk and prevention of explosions during the process; the necessity for guarding of foundry machinery and the principles and types of guards; and the control of dust and fume by local exhaust systems. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
occupational safety and health; foundries; casting of metals |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
United Kingdom |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Metal production and metalworking
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
General safety, health and conditions of work
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Foundries, metalcasting and forging operations
|
