Control work equipment

The EU Directive 95/63/EC, the Amending Directive to the Use of Work Equipment Directive (AUWED), lays down wide-ranging requirements for the provision, management and use of mobile, self-propelled and remote-controlled work equipment, inspection of work equipment, provision and use of lifting equipment, and the management of lifting operations. 

Mobile equipment would normally move on wheels, tracks, rollers, skids, etc. Mobile equipment may be self-propelled, towed or remote controlled and may incorporate attachments. Pedestrian controlled work equipment, such as lawn mowers, is not covered by Part III. 

The equipment provides useful reference evaluation samples and offers a means of quickly evaluating the quality and yield of extracts from plant materials prior to large-scale extraction and is thus valuable for quality control. However, the provision of multiple extractors in one machine would make it more versatile. One such instrument could then replace a bank of Soxhlet extractors for use in quality control work. Equipment of this type from at least six manufacturers is available in the UK. 

Wastewater treatment assistance. Software includes Data Handling System, Lab Dench File, Lab Stock Inventory, Scheduled Work System, Unscheduled Work System, Facility Stock Inventory, Tool Record System, Personnel Record System, Budget Control System, Equipment Record System, and Industrial Pretreaiment File. 

Engineering Controls, Work Praetiees, and Personal Proteetive Equipment for Employee Proteetion Monitoring Deeontamination Emergeney Response Heat Stress Program Hotwork Fire Prevention and Proteetion Loekout/Tagout Confined Spaee Program Ineinerator Proeess Safety... 

Has the employer implemented the use of engineering controls, work practices, and personal protective equipment to reduce and maintain employee exposure to or below published exposure levels for hazardous substances and health hazards not regulated by 29 CFR Part 1910, Subparts G and Z (e.g., heat stress, lifting hazards) [OSHA Reference. 120(g)(2)]... 

Control measures such as engineering controls, work practices, hygienic practices or personal protective equipment required ... 

In addition to guarding dangerous machinery (Reg. 11) measures are required to prevent or adequately control hazards from work equipment due to ... 

Machine level - operation and control of equipment, lighting, cooling, work done on material and communication systems. 

Occupational health and safety in the rubber industry is discussed with reference to UK, US and European legislation. The review covers both natural and synthetic rubber industries. The first section outlines the laws affecting health and safety in the industry and the remainder presents specific health and safety issues of interest to employers and employees. Industrial safety is examined with reference to equipment, fire and explosions, solvents, epidemiology, NR latex allergy, skin irritations and dermatitis, dust and fume control, work-related musculoskeletal disorders, nitrosamines, 1,3-butadiene, and handling of rubber chemicals. 484 refs. 

For dust-control work, it is recommended that a preliminary qualitative examination of the dust first be made without a detailed particle count. A visual estimate of particle-size distribution will often provide sufficient guidance for a preliminary assessment of requirements for collection equipment. 

As per OSHA, workers exposure to 2-acetyl-aminofluorene is to be controlled through the required use of engineering controls, work practices, and personal protective equipment, including respirators. Identified as an occupational carcinogen without establishing a permissible exposure limit. NIOSH considers 2-acetylaminofluorene to be a potential occupational carcinogen. NIOSH usually recommends that occupational exposures to carcinogens be limited to the lowest feasible concentration. 

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