| Title |
Drycleaners |
| SubTitle |
Are you in control? |
| Free Download |
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| Author |
HSE |
| Series Code |
INDG |
| Series Number |
310 |
| Publisher |
HSE Books |
| Date of Publication |
2000 |
| Length |
11 pages |
| Stock Code |
INDG310 |
| ISBN |
0717617106 |
| Quantity Per Pack |
15 |
| Notes |
leaflet. (15 copies per pack) (IND G 310) (INDG 310) |
| Abstract |
Highlights ways in which drycleaning businesses may affect people's health and safety and gives advice on how to reduce risks. The information is useful to all those who work in the drycleaning industry. Contents: Introduction; Drycleaning - a risky business; Hazards in drycleaning; The workplace; Electricity; Pressure vessels; Asbestos; Activities which may damage muscles and joints; Cooling towers; Solvents - basic rules; Solvents - machine operation and maintenance; Spotting chemicals; The law and you; How did you do? References; Further reading. |
| Keywords |
Guidance; Slips; Trips; Falls; Steam boilers; Wet cooling towers; Cleaning solvent; Perchloroethylene (perc); Hydrocarbon solvents; Spotting reagents |