Surveillance industry

For additional information, refer to NFPA 72, NFPA 101, and IRInformation IM.1.11.0, Fire Protection and Security Surveillance (Industrial Risk Insurers, 1998). 

IRInformation IM.1.11.0.1998. Fire Protection and Security Surveillance. Industrial Risk Insurers. 

In case of mixed systems the procedure must be varied and it would be restricted to the special film systems of interest, of course. Mixed systems would be used by inspection companies and industrial users who normally do not dispose of the equipment for measurements as mentioned above. In these cases instead of a round robin test only periodical measurements of the properties of these mixed film systems by an independent third party institution can be used for film classification and continuous surveillance. 

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Occupational hygiene and health surveillance at industrial timber pre-treatment plants Toxic woods... 

A medical surveillance program is designed to protect the workers health. Given the limitations of industrial hygiene monitoring data and the many hazards involved in hazardous waste activities, medical surveillance data may provide the only indication that worker exposure to toxic substances has occurred. 

Medical monitoring and surveillance programs enable occupational health professionals to identify adverse health effects caused by exposure to hazardous substances and conditions and to discuss plans with site workers, industrial hygienists, safety professionals, and line management to prevent exposures and protect workers. These goals can be accomplished through two objectives ... 

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The use of sensors for surveillance of industrial combustion processes is state of the art. Especially optical sensors detect the existence of a flame. With decreasing furnace performance the amount of installed sensors declines. In residential appliances there are nearly no sensors installed because the costs for both, sensors and actuators, have to be balanced with the technical profit. The efforts for setting up combustion controls are very ambitious but in many cases not successful. First a distinction has to be made between sealed boilers and those that are open towards the room in which they are installed. The resulting controls cannot be interchanged between these two groups of appliances. 

Chemical sensors are widely used to monitor hazardous and combustible gases [65]. Applications include safety control in industrial applications, surveillance of boilers and other devices which are operated with natural gas as well as more sophisticated areas like cooking control and odor determination [66]. 

A new area of research concerns exposure assessment for beryllium in the production of nuclear weapons at nuclear defense industries. A safe level of exposure to beryllium is still unknown. Potential explanations include (1) the current exposure standard may not be protective enough to prevent sensitization, or (2) past exposure surveillance may have underestimated the actual exposure level because of a lack of understanding of the complexity of beryllium exposures. Task-based exposure assessment provides information not directly available through conventional sampling. It directly links exposure to specific activity associated with contaminant generation and provides in-depth evaluation of the worker s role in a specific task. In-depth task analysis is being used to examine physical, postural, and cognitive demands of various tasks. 

The most utilized and reliable process control in the petrofeum and related industries is human observation and surveillance. Local pressure and level gages along with control room instrumentation are provided so that human observation and actions can occur to maintain the proper process conditions. First stage process alarms are provided to alert operators to conditions that they may not have already noticed. Typically when secondary alarm stages are reached, computer control systems employed to automatically implement remedial actions to the process. 

The chemical industry has responded to the demand presented by TSCA in differing ways. Additional resources have been added in (1) personnel, (2) testing facilities, and (3) recordkeeping/surveillance systems. Other effects have been increased testing, impacts of banned substances and a variety of new or increased internal and external activities. 

Until progress can be made in development of practical and affordable online contaminant monitoring and surveillance systems, most chemical industrial facilities must use other approaches to contaminant monitoring and surveillance. This includes monitoring data of physical and chemical contamination surrogates, pressure change abnormalities, free and total chlorine residual, temperature, dissolved oxygen, and conductivity. 

Nicholson, P. J., Newman Taylor, A. J., Oliver, P., and Cathcart, M. (2001). Current best practice for the health surveillance of enzyme workers in the soap and detergent industry. Occup. Med. 51, 81-92. 

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