| Document ID (ISN) | 35236 |
| CIS number |
81-556 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0025-7818 - Medicina del lavoro |
| Year |
1980 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Brugnone F., Perbellini L. |
| Title |
Pollution by solvents and workers' positions in shoe upper factories |
| Original title |
Inquinamento da solventi e mansioni lavorative nei calzaturifici e tomaifici [in Italian] |
| Bibliographic information |
July-Aug. 1980, Vol.71, No.4, p.343-352. 6 ref. English translation from the Health and Safety Executive Translation Service, No.11011 (1985), 17p. |
| Abstract |
4 shoe factories and 3 shoe upper factories were studied. n-Hexane, 2- and 3-methylpentane, cyclohexane, and methylcyclopentane were found in the atmosphere of all factories. Acetone and methylethyl ketone were present in the shoe, but not the shoe upper, factories. Levels of the solvent mixture were higher than the calculated TLV in the shoe factories lacking ventilation facilities and in all the shoe upper factories. Peripheral neuropathy was found in 3 workers exposed to n-hexane concentrations above 360mg/m3. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
adhesives; shoe industry; organic solvents |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
acetone; butanone; hexane; occupational health survey; 3-methylpentane; methylcyclopentane; cyclohexane; 2-methylpentane |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Leather, fur and footwear
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Footwear, leather and fur industry
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