AFS/CMI NEWS
CMI Announces Chapter Competition Winners
Te American Foundry Society Keystone and Chesa- peake Chapters co-sponsored a gating and riser design course that attracted 59 attendees, 29 from AFS chapters, earning them first place in the AFS and its Cast Metals Institute Chapter Competition 2011-2012. Te British Columbia chapter won second place with the Texas Chapter taking third, each sponsoring a nobake and coldbox molding course with more than 20 chapter attendees. Chapters involved in co-sponsoring CMI courses
participate in a competition each year to see which chapter can attract the highest number of chapter attendees to their sponsored course. First place wins $1,000 and three compli- mentary registration certificates good for one year, second place wins $500 and two certificates, and third place wins $250 and one certificate. A minimum of 10 chapter attend- ees is required for eligibility.
Updated PPE Guide Now Available AFS released its third edition of Personal Protective Equip-
ment (PPE) Guides in July. Te updated edition describes special considerations for the selection and use of PPE and proper work clothing for situations with risk of exposure to metalcasting hazards. Te guide is intended to aid the individual facility’s completion of the required job hazard assessment for PPE selection. It can be used as a tool in completing the hazard assessment using the sample two-page “Hazard Assessment Form” and a three-page “Flame Resistant Clothing Options Matrix” located in the identifying potential hazards of the job sec- tion under evaluation.
Te guide is available to corporate members for $12.50,
personal/individual members for $18.75 and non-members for $25. Te original ver-
AFS released its third version of the PPE guidelines in July.
sion of this guide, (Guide for the Selection & Use of Personal Protective Equipment & Special Clothing for Foundry Operations), was cre- ated and developed by the AFS Safety & Health Committee (10-Q) in September 1998 and revised as an AFS/OSHA Alliance product in September 2005. Te 2012 version super- sedes all of the previous versions.
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