SUPERPAVE Digest 77
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Safety equipment (lab coats/smocks)
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3) RE: Safety equipment (lab coats/smocks)
by "Gerald Huber" <>
4) RE: Safety equipment (lab coats/smocks)
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5) Safety equipment (lab coats/smocks)
by "Robert B. McGennis" <>
6) RE: Safety equipment (lab coats/smocks)
by Ray Hogrefe <>
7) Re: Safety equipment (lab coats/smocks)
by Dale Martin <>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 13:56:35 -0500
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Subject: Safety equipment (lab coats/smocks)
I am wondering if any labs are requiring their technicians to wear lab
coats/smocks.
We at the Oklahoma DOT have been forced to wear aprons. I feel that the
lab coats do a better job protecting the technician. We have some
technicians that prefer the aprons but I prefer the coats. I have been
burnt a number of times on the arm while wearing the apron. They help
protect clothes as well. The lab coats can be dangerous if loose sleeves
get caught in the machinery. We use the Texas gyratory compactor for
regular asphalt hveem mix designs and this has always been a concern to me.
The superpave gyratory compactors (SGC's) are much more safe in this
aspect.
I guess I will be cooler for awhile anyway...
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 12:28:00 -0700
From: "Gerald Huber" <>
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Subject: RE: Safety equipment (lab coats/smocks)
Not requiring coats. Some do wear them, others do not. Not using aprons.
Gerry Huber
Heritage Research Group
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 15:13:41 -0500
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Subject: RE: Safety equipment (lab coats/smocks)
Safety is most important! Require lab coats and safety glasses with side
protection. Gloves are also necessary. Also, lab coats protect the arms
where aprons do not.
Phil
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Phil Blankenship, PE
Koch Materials Company
PO Box 1875
Wichita, KS 67201
Voice (316) 828-8495
Fax (316) 828-7385
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Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 15:39:00 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Robert B. McGennis" <>
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Subject: Safety equipment (lab coats/smocks)
At the South Central Superpave Center, we require lab coats. The coats we
use are made by Lab Safety Supply of Janesville, WI. They are 100% cotton
preshrunk. No handling of hot material is allowed unless the person doing
the handling is wearing one of these coats. Obviously, safety glasses and
gloves are required too. Anyone who gets caught violating this rule gets to
spend a couple of weeks shaking aggregate.
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 16:53:03 -0500
From: Ray Hogrefe <>
To: "''" <>
Subject: RE: Safety equipment (lab coats/smocks)
We do not require our liquid asphalt testing lab technicians to wear
coats/smocks although coats are provided for optional use. This is also
true of safety glasses.
--Ray Hogrefe, Jebro Inc.
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 17:53:09 -0500 (CDT)
From: Dale Martin <>
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Subject: Re: Safety equipment (lab coats/smocks)
We do not require lab coats or aprons, but they are available at the
technicians option. If they are used, they use lab coats because it covers
more of their cloths. The technicians do use gloves. There have been no
burns in our lab from asphalt or asphalt products that the addition of lab
coat would have prevented.
Dale Martin
Redland Stone Products Company