OSHA Regulations on the height of
tanks
Letter 10023
I am dealing with a citation received from Cal/OSHA on the height
of our cleaning tanks. These tanks are 32 to 34 inches high and OSHA
is requiring us to raise them (or use guardrails) to 36 inches. Has
anyone else out there run into this problem?
Other issues: Chrome in polishing and blasting Stainless -
Carcinogenic??
LaVaughn D 
- Arcadia, CA, USA
First of two simultaneous responses --
Regarding tank height requirements, they do need to be raised or
have guard rails, and not to 36" but to 42". You can't win this one
-- please see letter 7358.
Regarding blasting and polishing, stainless steel is the FDA
"material of choice" for food processing; what would lead us to even
be concerned about it being carcinogenic?
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Ted Mooney, P.E.
finishing.com
Brick, New Jersey
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Second of two simultaneous responses --
Hi LaVaughn,
Have a look in the archives # 7358 as
there is a lot of very useful data ... mainly by Ted Mooney ... on
the subject of tank heights.
Cheers!
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Freeman Newton
- White Rock, B.C. Canada
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... where the grass is always green
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