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Document ID (ISN)111613
CIS number 11-0218
ISSN - Serial title 0373-1944 - Travail et sécurité
Year 2011
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Richez J.P., Brasseur G., Clergiot J.
Title Renewable energies - Towards sustainability in occupational safety and health
Original title Energies renouvelables - Vers un développement durable de la prévention [in French]
Bibliographic information Feb. 2011, No.714, p.18-34. Illus.
Internet access Energies_renouvelables.pdf [in English]
Abstract This collection of articles reviews the specific occupational safety and health hazards related to the construction and operation of equipment for producing biogas and solar, wind and geothermal energy.
Descriptors (primary) biogas; limitation of exposure; safe working methods; photovoltaics industry; power generation and distribution; new technologies
Descriptors (secondary) airborne dust; work at height; work on roofs; garbage composting; explosion hazards; biological hazards; glossary; case study
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Construction industry
Power generation and distribution
Broad subject area(s) New technologies
Biological hazards
Mechanical hazards, transport
Browse category(ies) Biological hazards
Falls from heights
Waste collection and disposal
Power generation and distribution