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Hand protection is important because our hands are exposed to so many hazards in the workplace. The company you work for will have for you, and require you to use, hand protection when you are exposed to hazards such as skin absorption of harmful substances, severe cuts or lacerations, severe abrasions, punctures, chemical bums, or harmful temperature extremes. OSHA requires this protection. 

Physical hazards are defined as the types of hazards that can cause harm to a woiker from an external source. Types of physical hazards are loud noise (equipment), temperature extremes (working in personal protective equipment), radiation (exposures to the infrared or gamma rays), chemical bum (acids or caustics), fire, and explosions. Other physical hazards include, but are not limited to, slips and falls, exposed machinery because of improper guarding, live electrical circuits or conductors, equipment moving about on site, confined spaces, and falling objects. 

In an effort to reduce work-related hand injuries, OSHA requires that ranployers enforce the use of appropriate hand protection when employees hands are exposed to hazards such as those from skin absorption of harmful substances severe cuts or lacerations severe abrasions pimctures chemical bums thermal birms and harmful temperature extremes A wide variety of hand protection products are available in the marketplace to help employers adhere to OSHA s guidelines, and new, iimovative products are continually being introduced. 

An alternative to placing electronic products waste in dumps and landfills is to destroy the waste by incineration. One type of incinerator is the rotary kiln that uses the energy from liquid, combustible hazardous waste to increase the temperature of the kiln for drying cement. The chemical industry disposes of high energy-capacity, flammable liquids in this manner. Incinerators that bum hazardous chemical waste must be monitored and achieve a destruction removal efficiency (DRE) rate of at least 99.99 percent of the principle organic hazardous constituents of the waste. 

Fire Hazards - Flash Point (deg. F) 113 OC Flammable Limits in Air (%) Not pertinent Fire Extinguishing Agents Water, dry chemical, carbon dioxide Fire Extinguishing Agents Not To Be Used Not pertinent Special Hazards of Combustion Products Not pertinent Behavior in Fire May explode. Bums with accelerating intensity Ignition Temperature (deg. F) Explodes Electrical Hazard Data... 

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