If you aren’t confident in your knowledge of one of the following subjects, go back to the relevant lesson in the course to give it a review.

• Slips and falls are a major cause of plastics industry accidents.
• OCS’ ultimate goal is to help keep plastic pellets, flakes and powder out of the environment, but these efforts can also help improve relations with stakeholder groups and community organizations that expect the industry to minimize its environmental footprint.
• One of the most effective ways to improve your facility’s containment of pellets, flakes and powder is to identify the areas where spills and losses occur most frequently and fix them.
• Provide catch trays for use at all car/truck unloading valves.
• Designing a training program involves a sequence of steps that can be grouped into five phases: conducting a needs assessment, defining training objectives, detailing program specifics, implementing the training and evaluating its effectiveness.
• Ensure employees are aware of and accountable for pellet, flake and powder loss prevention, containment, cleanup and disposal.
• Making employees aware of and holding them accountable for these prevention, containment, cleanup and disposal procedures, is the way to zero pellet, flake and powder loss.
• Hopper car and hopper truck cleaning, loading, storage and unloading present special resin handling challenges.
• Using the proper packaging, filling and material-handling procedures can go a long way in minimizing pellet, flake and powder loss.
• Shipping:
  • Sweep or vacuum any loose pellets, flakes and powder in the truck/container.
  • Carefully inspect empty trailers for damaged interior walls or defective floors that can tear bags. Consider refusing to use such containers or cover problem areas with corrugated liner boards.
  • Block and brace outbound loads to avoid broken bags in transit.
• Marine transport of pellets, flakes and powder requires special attention due to the high potential for release into the environment.
• Ensure pellets, flakes and powder are properly disposed of to avoid contaminating the environment.
• Plastic Dust is particulate matter that may be formed when plastics are handled, conveyed and/or processed.
• Plastic Powder is a form of plastic raw material used in operations where a fine particle size is critical for processing.
• Proper disposal of plastic dust and powder can be critical to help minimize the amount released to the environment.