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refractories
pottery
synthetic gems
ceramic tile
optical fibres.
industrial ceramics
Definition
History
Applications
Chemistry
Pharmacy
Electrical and electronics industries
Optics industries
Construction and lighting industries
Major constituents
Silica sand
Soda ash
Lime stone
Dolomite
Feldspathic materials
Lead oxide
Boric acid
Crushed glass
Minor constituents
Common glasses
Soda-lime-silica glass
Lead-potash-silica glass
Borosilicate glass
Vitreous silica
Aluminosilicate glass
Alkali-barium silicate glass
Technical glass
Glass ceramics
Opical glass
Sealing glass
Glass making
Pot process
Tank process
Pot Process
Pot Furnace
Tank Process
Tank Furnace
Blowing
Pressing
Casting
Rolling
Drawing
Floating
Glass additive
Accelerate melting
Stabilizer
Improved optical properties
Remove bubbles
Color
Accelerate melting
Fluorine
Calcium fluoride
Sodium silicafluoride
Stabilizers
Increased resistance
Barium , Lead , Ca , Mg ,Zn oxides
Improved optical
properties
Remove bubbles
Salts of arsenic
antimony
Color
Ergonomic stressors;
biomechanical hazards
Uses or sources of
exposure
to hazard
Potential effects
(physical hazards
or health effects)
Precautions or
control strategies
Overexertion
from manual
materialhandling
practices , poor
posture, high
frequency/durati
on of tasks
involving lifting,
pushing or
pulling
Strains and
sprains in
skeletal muscular
damage to back,
upper and lower
extremities
Excessive
physical and
mental fatigue
can cause errors
leading to
secondary
incidents
Physical
demands
assessments of
suspect job tasks
Use of materialhandling devices
including lift
assists, powered
vehicles
Process
automation or
semi automation
Education on
Physical hazards
Uses or sources
of exposure
to hazard
Potential effects
(physical hazards
or health effects)
Precautions or
control strategies
Caught in or
struck by or
against fixed or
mobile
equipment
Slips, trips and
falls on walking
and working
surfaces, hoses
and other
equipment,
tools or
materials
Abrasions, cuts,
contusions,
lacerations,
punctures,
fractures,
amputations
Safe work
procedures
Good
housekeeping
practice
Equipment design
and layout
Job design and
structure
Anti-slip surfaces
Noise
Uses or sources of
exposure
to hazard
Potential
effects
(physical
hazards
or health
effects)
Precautions or control
strategies
Pneumatic
vibrators,
compressors,
mixing drive
motors, blowers
and dust
collectors,
conveyors,
packaging
equipment, etc.
Occupational
hearing loss,
communication
difficulty and
stress
Isolation,
enclosure, reflective
barriers or sound
absorption materials
Innovative design
of machine guarding
Specifying lowernoise motors or
equipment
Uses or sources
of exposure
to hazard
Potential
effects
(physical
hazards
or health
effects)
Precautions or control
strategies
Heating or
melting
processes
during
maintenance or
emergency
response
activities
Heat
stress
or
thermal
burns ,
heat
cataracts
Shielding ,barriers,
reflective surfaces,
insulation
Water-cooled
equipment
Air-conditioned control
rooms
Heat-protective
clothing and gloves
Acclimatization to hot
working environments,
Uses or sources of
exposure to hazard
Potential effects
(physical hazards
or health effects)
Precautions or control
strategies
Handling,
Exposures during
routine
maintenance
activities, rebuilds
non-ventilated
equipment or
mixing equipment
Raw materials are
extremely
abrasive, causing
deterioration of
transfer or storage
system in
Range from
irritation to
chemical
burns to
chronic
effects such
as decreased
pulmonary
function,
lung disease,
pneumoconio
sis silicosis
Equipment exhaust
ventilation
Proper material
handling
Isolation of operators
PPE
Active leak detection
and repairs
. Periodic medical
screening, surveillance
and early intervention
based on exposure
Uses or sources of
exposure
to hazard
Potential
effects
(physical
hazard or
health
effect)
Precautions or control
strategies
As raw materials or
impurities in glazes,
coloring agents
Maintenance and
construction activities
involving soldering,
cutting, welding
Grinding, cutting,
drilling structural
members or machinery
Heavy
metal
toxicit
y
Engineering
controls
HEPA-ventilated
portable power tools
Use of ventilated booths
for spray painting &
coating activities
Good work practices to
reduce airborne
particulates( wet method)
Personal hygiene,
segregated laundering of
contaminated work
clothes
Respiratory protection
Potential effects
(physical hazards or health
effects)
Precautions or
control strategies
wastewater
treatment and
pH control
Acid cleaning
or etching
processes
with HF
.Corrosive to skin
or eyes
Respiratory tract
and mucous
membrane irritant
.HF causes severe
skin burns that
can go undetected
for hours
Process isolation
Safe handling
practices
PPE userespiratory
protection, rubber
gloves, faceshield
with eye
protection,
eyewash/safety
shower
Exhaust
ventilation to
Fuels for
process
heat &
powered
industrial
trucks
(physical
hazards or
health effects)
Fire and
explosion
hazards,
Exposure
to CO or
other
products
of
incomplet
e
combustio
n
Precautions or control
strategies
Inhalation of bioaerosols
Uses or sources of
exposure
to hazard
Potential effects
(physical hazards
or health effects)
Precautions or control
strategies
Aerosol
containing
bacteria, moulds
or fungus
generated from
spraying process
or cooling water
in humidification
processes,
ventilation
systems
.Waterborne
illness with
systemic
non specific
flu-like
symptoms,
.fatigue
.Potential
for
dermatitis
Demographics of injuries
and illness cases
Refrences
Sources of occupational
injuries and illnesses lost
workday cases