| Document ID (ISN) | 21995 |
| CIS number |
74-2060 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0721-4596 - Keramik und Glas |
| Year |
1973 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Title |
Occupational safety problems in sanitary earthenware factories |
| Original title |
Sicherheitstechnische Fragen und Probleme in Sanitärkeramikfabriken [in German] |
| Bibliographic information |
June 1973, No.2, p.1-15. Illus. |
| Abstract |
The article reviews recent trends of accidents in this industry and emphasises the effects of mechanisation and automation, especially from the point of view of dust control and silicosis prevention. Most accidents involve striking against hard and cutting objects and the use of power trucks. Brief review of the various processes and operations and their attendant hazards: storage and transport of raw materials, preparation of glazes, moulding, glazing, baking, sorting and polishing. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
occupational accidents; pottery industry; mechanical hazards; safety engineering |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
dust control; automation; statistical trends; causes of accidents; mechanization; statistics; Germany (Federal Republic of) |
| Document type |
- |
| Subject(s) |
Materials, glass and ceramics
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Glass, pottery and related materials
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