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OSHA 29 CFR 1910.146 Section (k).
Confined Space Entry, Item No. 1910-146 (OSHA, 1995).
NFPA481 Standard for the Production, Processing and Storage of Titanium (Quincy, MA: Nat. Fire Prot. Assoc., 1995).
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Editor’s Note: a hypertext-enhanced version of this article is available on the JOM web site at www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/0005/Poulsen-0005.html.
Author’s Note: This review of safety issues is based on my 45 years of experience in the titanium industry. Most of that time I have served on one or more safety committees. For the last eight years, I have been chair of the International Titanium Association Safety Committee, which was established in 1992 as an advisory committee to the titanium industry. No endorsement of the content of this article by any company is inferred. The sensitivities of the individual producers about the reputations of their companies is understood; the safety committees have previously agreed on the importance of sharing data on these incidents, with the lessons learned contributing to the overall future safety record of the titanium industry.
Eldon Poulsen is a retired from Timet.
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Poulsen, E. Safety-related problems in the titanium industry in the last 50 years. JOM 52, 13–17 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-000-0024-1
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