Keramab Ceramic fibre textile products

If nose and throat become irritated, move to a dust free area, drink water and blow nose.

Symptoms: Nose and throat irritation.

In case of skin irritation rinse affected areas with water and wash gently.

Symptoms: Skin irritation.

In case of eye contact flush abundantly with water; have eye bath available.

Where practical, enclose dust sources and provide dust extraction at source. The use of products specially tailored to your application(s) will help to control dust. Some products can be delivered ready for use to avoid further cutting or machining. Some could be pre-treated or packaged to minimise or avoid dust release during handling. Processes involving the manufacturing or use of RCF/ASW should be filtered to minimise fibre emissions to air.

If working with virgin material, wear industrial leather gloves.

As necessary, wear goggles or safety glasses with side shields.

For dust concentrations below the exposure limit value, RPE is not required but FFP2 respirators may be used on a voluntary basis. For short term operations where excursions are less than ten times the limit value, use FFP3 respirators. In case of higher concentrations or where the concentration is not known, please seek advice from your company and/or your supplier. You may also refer to the ECFIA code of practice available on the ECFIA's web site: www.ecfia.eu

Wear industrial leather gloves and work clothes, which are loose fitting at the neck and wrists. Soiled clothes should be cleaned to remove excess dust before being taken off (e.g. use vacuum cleaner, not compressed air). Each worker should be provided with two lockers in an appropriate changing and washing area. It is good hygiene practice to ensure work clothes are washed separately by the employer. Work clothes should not be taken home.

Keramab textile products are at least 80% inorganic, inert and stable and are not soluble in water (solubility <1mg/litre) and as such does not pose a detrimental effect on the environment. Processes involving the manufacturing or use of RCF/ASW should be filtered to minimise fibre emissions to air. Waste RCF/ASW should be stored in closed containers and placed in to deep landfills, giving therefore little opportunity for release. General good practice for spills and waste is to prevent products from being wind blown, by covering and damping the waste materials. Contain spillages to prevent access to drain. Refer to local, national or European applicable environmental standards for release to air water and soil. For waste, refer to section 13.