| Document ID (ISN) | 102803 |
| CIS number |
03-1863 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0003-4878 - Annals of Occupational Hygiene |
| Year |
2002 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Malchaire J., Geng Q., Den Hartog E., Havenith G., Holmer I., Piette A., Powell S.L., Rintamäki H., Rissanen S. |
| Title |
Temperature limit values for gripping cold surfaces |
| Bibliographic information |
Mar. 2002, Vol.46, No.2, p.157-163. Illus. 14 ref. |
| Abstract |
At the request of the European Commission and in the framework of the European Machinery Directive, research was conducted jointly in five different laboratories to develop specifications for surface temperature limit values for the gripping and handling of cold items. A total of 414 experiments were run where male and female subjects were invited to grip for up to 20min cold bars of different contact coefficients, i.e. polished wood, nylon, stone, steel and aluminium. The air temperature and the bars' initial surface temperatures ranged between 0 and -30°C. The data were used to develop a prediction formula and a graph of the surface temperature limit values in order for the skin contact temperature not to reach <15°C. This duration is shown to offer a significant degree of safety. Experiments and modelling must be pursued to extend these data to other conditions of exposure. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
threshold limit values; skin temperature; cold; working surfaces; temperature measurement; manual handling |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
European Communities; polyamides; wood; prediction formulae; aluminium; steels; machinery; minerals |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Belgium; Finland; United Kingdom; Netherlands; Sweden |
| Subject(s) |
Heating, ventilation and climate
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Physical hazards
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Heat and cold
Occupational exposure limits
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