Protective Items

In 1938-39 the CWS, in co-operation with the Vortexol Co., Sangus, Mass., developed an impregnite to protect shoes against toxic agents. In 

The CWS procured over six and a half million dust respirators in World War II. ° This item, which was designed to protect drivers of heavy vehicles from dust, consisted of a faceblank with a layer of filtering material, webbing, and inlet and outlet valves. The most critical component was the facepiece, which was manufactured by some half dozen rubber companies and which, because of its peculiar design, gave rise to several molffing problems. Another difficulty that arose was the tendency of the respirator to build up high air resistance. This condition was caused by the type of cloth filter material used, and to overcome it the CWS modified the filter material.  

To satisfy the Army demand for eyeshields the CWS procured almost 72,000,000 of them through private contracts. The eyeshield consisted of a cellulose acetate sheet (which was cither clear or tinted), impermeable cloth, webbing, and metal hardware. The cellulose acetate sheeting and impermeable cloth were die cut and the webbing and hardware assembled to these components. The assembly process was relatively simple. The eye-shields were packaged in packets of 4—2 clear and 2 tinted.  

Other miscellaneous protective items which the CWS procured under contract were gas resistant aprons, made of impermeable cloth and intended for use by certain Medical Corps and CWS troops gas resistant sacks for shipment of contaminated clothing to decontaminating stations and various items for detecting such gases as vesicant detector crayons and liquid vesicant detector paper and paint. 

Problems of manufacture of CWS defensive items sprang chiefly from the attempt to put items that had not been fully developed into mass production. Of all these items the gas mask had been developed to the greatest degree, yet the pressure to produce new models during the war gave rise to many manufacturing difficulties. Such items as protective ointments, detector kits, and decontaminating apparatus were at primitive states of development when the CWS awarded production contracts for them. Development of these items proceeded simultaneously with their production. 

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Barricades should be designed to block the line of sight between equipment from which fragments can originate and protect items. 

Other relatively inexpensive personal protective items that are not absolutely essential but should be considered are protective garments and gloves. One-piece coveralls with head covers and booties made from lightweight plastic such as Tyvek are relatively inexpensive, semi-repellent, and disposable. These types of suits are used in the nuclear and chemical industries to provide an added protection against contamination. Tyvek suits have sewn seams and are not recommended for chemical protection, except for vapors of low toxic solvents. Saranex-coated Tyvek or other heavy multilayer suits are required for long-term protection from chemicals. These heavier specialized suits significantly increase heat stress and should not be used by untrained personnel. 

List of all fuses (type, rated current, location, protected items)... 

B 2. What personal protection items must be worn when handling glacial acetic acid ... 

As a minimum the following protective items should be available when handling pesticides ... 

There are now, however, reasons for optimism. Inexpensive disposable or limited-use lightweight clothing and accessories have now become commonplace in industry as personal protective items ... 

Protective garments and other protective items appropriate to the processes being carried out should be worn. 

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Types of personal protective equipment or other personal protective items that can serve as hand protection (including gloves and any other types of hand protection used by these employees). 

Insulated materials will help prevent burns from contact with hot objects, from splashes of hot material, or from heat transfer by conduction. Gloves, pads, aprons, pants, chaps, and other kinds of insulated clothing items help prevent bums. Most of these protective items come in fabrics or materials with a variety of thermal characteristics. 

Qualitatively, the supply picture was not so bright. Most of the items reported stocked at or exceeding authorized levels were protective items. The level of individual gas protection had been high and had... 

Seven Chemical Warfare Service laboratory companies saw service overseas between 1941 and 1945. The essential mission of the laboratory company in the field was to analyze and evaluate enemy chemical materiel and to maintain technical surveillance over CWS supplies. These functions made it a major source of technical intelligence, both as to enemy capabilities for chemical warfare and the storage life of CWS ammunition and protective items. At first conceived of as a more or less mobile entity capable of following an army in the field, it was in practice treated as a semifixed installation of a theater communications zone, a status better suited to its more than ten tons of laboratory equipment. 

In order to ensure safety, an adequate degree of fire protection should be provided in nucleeur power plants. This should be achieved by a defence in depth concept including fire detection and extinguishing. A nuclear power plant should have a sustained capability for early detection and effective extinguishing of a fire to protect items important to safety. 

The structures supporting, housing or protecting items important to safety, to the extent necessary to ensure their functionality ... 

Other criteria concerning the interior face and the room air temperature should be assessed in order to protect items important to safety housed in the affected rooms. These criteria are usually not exceeded if sufficient thickness is provided to satisfy other considerations. Design penetrations of all types should also be checked. 

Adequate emergency procedures should be implemented on the basis of the environmental monitoring and the structural monitoring of the flood protection items. Communications should be established with any flood... 

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