Process-related nuisances
Health and safety in the foundry

Despite all the technical advances, casting and coloring are still high-risk professions.

These risks are manifold:

• the risk of splashing due to wet scrap introduced into the liquid bath;

• the risk of violent explosion caused by the introduction of a closed tube or aerosol can during furnace loading;

• the risk of furnace or ladle breakthrough due to uncontrolled refractory degradation;

• the risk associated with transporting liquid metal (equipment failure or human error);

• the risk of radiation emitted by incandescent metal, which can lead to long-term cataract of the lens. Staff must be properly informed to ensure that visual protection is worn correctly.

These...