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BLAST SAFELY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WHAT I HOPE YOU ALREADY KNOW


BY BY TOM ENGER, MS, CSP, CHMM, CFM, CLEMCO INDUSTRIES CORP.


BY NOW I HOPE EVERYONE HAS SEEN THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION’S DO THE FIVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STOPPING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS:


HANDS Wash them often


ELBOW Cough into it


FACE Don’t touch it


SPACE Keep safe distance


HOME Stay if you can


6 DOMmagazine.com | may 2020


Of course, if you are ill, stay home. But if you are healthy, you obviously can’t blast from home. So when at the worksite, follow the additional precautions discussed here for the safety of you and others.


EXTRA PRECAUTIONS WHEN USING ABRASIVE BLAST MACHINES


1. IF YOU TOUCH IT, CLEAN IT! • If you remember anything from this article, it’s: If you touch it, clean (and disinfect) it.


• In order to kill those invisible viruses, clean with a disinfectant such as an antiviral cleaner, a solution that is 2% bleach, or other Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended disinfectants. Even if a surface you touched looks clean—clean it!


• Clean all parts of a blast machine your hands, body, blast suit, or gloves may have touched. Yes, your blast suit and gloves. The coronavirus could be there and then transfer onto a surface you touched.


• Clean surfaces in the work area you may have touched.


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