The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-04-01
Engineers Report
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partment The count for heating air
supply is purely an informative count
and may be disregarded for future
control.
The condition for casting and finish
ing while almost within the limits of
the anticipated code, can be very much
improved Housekeeping has been poor,
and the writer i'm Report No. II Will
recommend ventilation of the operation
of finishing. Under these conditions the
writer naturally recommends that
repettive counts he made. Before these
counts are made however, Il direct
should be made.
Sand Blast
Three counts were made i'm this
department, and an examination of
for table selection is almost down TO
proper limits. The counts for putting
on and for turning over, however, are
too high, and the writer believes that
the dirty condition of overhead equip
ment has Il great deal To do with this
dust count. In addition, the top of the
sand blast machine proper is very
dirty.
For practical immediate recon-
mendatiOns the writer recommends
that the departmental cleanup be eX-
tended to cover the area under the
machine proper that the overhead
machinery be cleaned off, and that in
the event that these corrective meas
ures do not control the situation, Il
Sub-ceiling be put into entirely Scpa-
rate the overhead equipment from the
operators. The amount of air exhausted
from this operation seems satisfactory
and conditions should come we'll under
control if these steps are taken. The
writer recommends that all of these
counts be repetitive.
BisqIe Kiln
Seven counts were taken in this de-
partment, and the results are extreme
~ satisfactory.
The writer will probably sound n
little hypocriticnl because he is going
to recommend that better housekeeping
be performed. Even though the counts
of sanding operations look good, the
ventilation which is mt these opera
tiOnS should be changed These changes
would simply follow good practice for
this work and would not involve IA
great amount of money Report No. | |
will describe i'm detail what changes
are recommended. They are minor in
cost.
With the exception of the dust
count for discharging the kiln and for
the general area, the writer wishes to
recommend II repctitiVe count on the
rest of the operations In addition he
would like Mr.. Reuter- to study pos
sible method of separating the fines
out of the sand which is used for
placing. Mr. Gould will recall, that in
New York, this point was brought up
by Mr. Burke, the Chief Chemist for
the state Department of Labor, Divi-
sion of Industrial Hygiene.
Slip House
Six counts were taken in this de
parlment.
These counts must be taken with II
grain of salt. They are taken purely to
show the effects of no dust control in
an extremely dusty operation. Th"
writer understands that there will be
II change of methods, that further
isolation may be had, and of course,
that better housekeeping viii be eff
fccted. At the same time the writer
wishes TO point out that these results
In general agree very much with Simi-
lar dust counts reported in bulletin
No. 2l4 which is issued by the t. :.
Public Health Service.
One very important factor may be
gained from an examination of lhcS"
figures in this department, however,
that Is that on these very dusty opera
lions the operators should be instruct
cd al all times To wear 4 mask. Ere
quent housekeeping Is necessary here,
because due To the lack of isolation,
this heavy dust count will contaminatc
the adjacent department. People walk
ing in and out of this department win
track dust all over, and invariably,
any plant visitors will Immediately
get into this department and regard
less of how clean the rest of the plant
may be they will have II poor inn
preston of the real effort which is
being made toward this dust control.
General Comments
We should add few more counts
to our study which should include the
operation of unloading raw materials
in the plant. Obviously, these counts
are going to be high. The Importance
Of the count viii he to show the nee
eSSily of the workmen who actually
do the work being faithful in wearing
a respirator.
No dust counts have been made in
the laboratory. Inasmuch as the lab
oratOry staff has been part of the
writer's staff, he thought 1t would be