Pennsylvania Code
Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Part I - Department of Labor and Industry
Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Subchapter C - DRY COLOR INDUSTRY
Section 47.89 - Tank processes
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024
(a) Handrails and toeboards. All tanks shall be protected by handrailings and toeboards in accordance with the requirements of Subchapter G (relating to railings, toeboards, open-sided floors, platforms and runways).
(b) Gloves and respirators. Chromates shall only be handled by employes wearing suitable gloves furnished by the employer without charge. When material is handled dry, employes shall wear an efficient respirator furnished by the employer.
(c) Goggles. The employer shall provide suitable goggles for all employes handling oil of vitriol, nitric acid, nitrous iron liquor and muriatic acid. All employes shall wear such goggles at all times when handling the acids.
(d) Caustic soda. Fused caustic soda may be used in processes where the entire contents of the drum are dissolved without breaking up. When lesser quantities are used, only granulated caustic soda is permitted, and the granulated caustic soda may be handled only by men wearing a suitable type of head covering.
(e) Paranitraniline. It is recommended that weighing and dissolving of dry paranitraniline be done under a hood connected with an efficient air exhaust. Employes engaged in the work shall protect their bodies with suitable clothing, suitable gloves and an efficient respirator furnished by the employer without expense to the employe.
(f) Nitrous fumes. All oxidizing tanks for blues within the building which subject employes to the danger of either chlorine or nitrous fumes shall have either tight fitting covers or proper hoods connected with an efficient mechanical air exhaust.
(g) Nitrous iron liquor. All tanks for the manufacture of nitrous iron liquor shall be placed in a building or room separate and apart from other workwooms, and all tanks shall be covered with tight fitting covers connected with an efficient air exhaust.
(h) Lead salts. All vats in which solutions of soluble lead salts are boiled shall be protected by suitable hoods.
(i) Lead solutions. It is recommended that lead solutions be made in large quantities and from either metallic lead or litharge. If litharge is used it shall be dampened.
(j) Pulp lead. It is recommended that pulp lead be used instead of dry carbonate of lead whenever possible.
