INDEX

Accident in foundries, the causes of, 1.

Acid burns, protection against, 5.

Air, compressed, as employed in foundries, 52.

accidents caused by misusing, 52.

Annealing chains and hooks, 44.

Aprons, rubber and leather, 5.

Barrels, tumbling, wet and dry, 47.

guards for, 48.

Bins, sand and coke, dangers of, 63.

Boots, rubber, 5.

Bot, the proper use of the, 30.

Brakes, crane, testing, 40.

Braking, dynamic, for cranes, 37.

Buggy ladles.—See Ladles.

Bull ladles.—See Ladles; Shanks; Clamps.

Bumpers for cranes, 36.

Burns the most common injuries in foundries, 1.

—See also Acid burns.

Carbon monoxide in cupolas, 34.

Castings, old, method of breaking up, 65.

Chains, responsibility for selection of, 41.

and hooks, inspecting and annealing, 44.

Chipping department, accidents in the, 50.

Clamps for bowls of bull ladles, 9.

Clearance beside car tracks, 61.

Clinkers, crucibles damaged by, 29.

Clothing, suitable, for foundry workers, 1.

Crane operators, duties of, 39.

under repairs, precautions for, 44.

ladles.—See Ladles.

Cranes, traveling, safeguards for, 35.

electromagnetic, dangers of, 63.

Crucibles, the safe handling of, 19.

material for, 19.

improve with age, 20.

records of heats taken from, 21.

inspection, storage, and annealing of, 22.

“soaking”, 22.

“alligator cracks” in, 24.

care in filling, 25.

injured by tongs and shanks, 26.

the number of heats taken from, 26.

danger of leaving metal in bottom of, 30.

Cupola, gate for charging, opening of, 32.

Cupolas, proper method of tapping-out, 30.

precautions to be taken when relining, 32, 33.

explosions in, 33.

charging, lighting-up, and warming-up, 35.

Damper in blast pipe, 34.

Doors, explosion, for cupolas, 34.

Dust hazard in sand-blasting, 53.

from tumbling barrels, methods for removing, 47.

Drops.—See Skull-crackers.

Electricity, guarding against shocks and burns from, 50.

Elevators in foundries, 31.

Emery wheels.—See Grinding wheels.

Employees, new, instruction of, 12.

Explosion doors for cupolas, 34.

Explosions in cupolas, 33.

Eye-protectors for foundrymen, 3, 4, 50.

Fenders for cranes, 36.

Flasks and molds, 16.

iron and steel, superior to wooden, 16.

storage of, 18, 60.

Floors, concrete and brick, prevent spills, 8.

Foot-walks on crane bridges and runways, 36.

Foundry, jobbing, 59.

repetition, 59.

yard, the, 58.

Furnaces, oil, for heating crucibles, 25.

Garments.—See Clothing.

Gas.—See Carbon monoxide.

Gears on geared ladles to be completely inclosed, 5.

Glass, prism, for use in foundries, 57.

Glasses, safety.—See Eye-protectors.

Gloves for use in foundries, 4.

Goggles.—See Eye-protectors.

Gongs, signal, for cranes, 42.

Grinding wheels, guards for, 52.

Hand-leathers, 4.

Helmets for sand-blasters, 53.

Hoisting apparatus, care of, 47.

—See also Cranes, traveling; Elevators.

Hook, crane, method of applying, to load, 41.

Hooks, crane, with safety handles, 41.

and chains, inspecting and annealing, 44.

safety, for skull-crackers, 65.

Hoops, barrel, dangers of, 64.

Illumination in foundries, 56.

Injuries in foundries, the causes of, 1.

Iron, pig, storage of, 63.

scrap and pig, safety in handling, 31.

Jokes, practical, with compressed air, 53.

Khaki.—See Clothing.

Ladles, motor-operated, guards for, 5.

foundry, types of, 5.

geared, locking device for, 7.

crane, precautions in connection with, 7.

sulky and buggy, cause many accidents, 7.

bull, styles of shank-handles for, 9.

single-hand, guards for, 10.

proper method of filling, 12.

proper balancing of, 12.

damp, explosions caused by, 14.

relining, drying, and storing, 16.

—See also Prong guards; Trolley systems.

Lamps, electric, suitable for foundries, 57.

Leave-overs, proper disposition of, 14.

Leggings, suitable, for foundry workers, 2.

Lenses.—See Eye-protectors.

Lighting.—See Illumination.

Limit-stops, hoist, for cranes, 37.

Manholes, safe covers for, 62.

Molding machines, automatic, guards for, 50.

Molds and flasks, 16.

Orderliness in foundry yards, advantages of, 64.

Overalls.—See Clothing.

Passages, width of, between rows of flasks, 17.

Pickling processes, rubber gloves required for, 4.

Prong guards for buggy ladles, 9.

Railroad tracks in foundry yards, 62.

Rattlers.—See Barrels, tumbling.

Respirators.—See Helmets.

Riding on crane loads prohibited, 42.

Run-outs, 17.

Runways for buggy ladles, 7.

Safety-valves for cupolas, 34.

Sand-blasting, precautions in, 53.

Sand mixers and sifters, guards for, 49.

types of, 49.

Screen guard for use when relining cupola, 32.

Shanks for bull ladles, 9.

Shields for hand ladles, 10.

to intercept flying chips, 52.

Shirts.—See Clothing.

Shoes, congress, best for foundry workers, 2.

Signals for elevators, 31.

code of, for directing movements of crane, 43.

—See also Gongs.

Skull-crackers, guards for, 65.

Sleeves should be worn outside of gauntlets, 4.

Slings, responsibility for selection of, 41.

the safe angle of, 46.

to be locked up when not in use, 46.

protecting, at sharp corners of heavy objects, 46.

wire-rope, preferable to chain slings, 45.

lubricating, 45.

—See also Chains and hooks.

Stops, hoist-limit, for cranes, 37.

on crane runways, 36.

Sulky ladles.—See Ladles.

Switches, safety, for cranes, 37.

Tapping-out.—See Cupolas.

Tongs, types of, 27.

suitable, importance of using, 27.

Tongs, bent, method of re-shaping, 29.

Tools, defective, should not be used, 52.

Trolley systems for transporting ladles, 9.

Tumbling barrels.—See Barrels, tumbling.

Walks in foundry yards, 63.

Wiring for cranes to be installed in conduits, 37.

Woodwork about cranes, fire hazard of, 38.

Yard, foundry, the 58.

Yard-drops, guards for, 65.

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