Safe foundry practice by Travelers Insurance Companies
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noting that most injuries are burns that better clothing could prevent. It then specifies personal protective equipment—stout, hard‑finished garments, snug congress shoes with proper leggings, side‑shielded goggles with appropriate lenses, gloves and sleeves for heat, and leather or rubber aprons and boots for pickling. Equipment guidance stresses rigorous inspection and guarding of ladles (enclosed gears, safe balancing and locking, splash shields), correct pouring posture and training, thorough drying and storage, and the use of iron/steel flasks with adequate floor clearance to prevent run‑outs. It details the composition, seasoning, annealing, and gentle handling of graphite crucibles to avoid cracks and catastrophic spills, and safer cupola practice (clean “botting” technique, blast-gate control, guarded elevators and charging doors). The section also signals broader safeguards—traveling‑crane protocols, proper slings and hooks, dust control on tumbling barrels and sand‑blasting, machine guarding, adequate illumination, and an orderly yard—as low‑cost, high‑impact measures to reduce accidents. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Travelers Insurance Companies |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 20011636 |
| Title | Safe foundry practice |
| Original Publication | Hartford: The Travelers Insurance Company, 1920. |
| Credits | Charlene Taylor, Ed Foster and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | TS: Technology: Manufactures |
| Subject | Founding -- Safety measures |
| Subject | Foundries -- Safety measures |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 77246 |
| Release Date | Nov 16, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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