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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