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Document ID (ISN)39514
CIS number 83-636
ISSN - Serial title 0324-8542 - Bulletin of the Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine in Gdynia
Year 1981
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Tymański S., Zaborski L., Matuszewski J., Maryn J.
Title Dust pollution of air in working stations of a Gdańsk shipyard
Bibliographic information 1981, Vol.32, No.3/4, p.225-234. Illus. 17 ref.
Abstract Dust analyses and measurements were made in the galvanising shop, foundry, metal polishing shop and grinding shop of a shipyard. In the galvanising shop, the dust was considered a serious health hazard, and the gantry crane operators was exposed to levels 2.2 times higher than the maximum allowable concentration. In the foundry, dust levels were 1.5-1.8 times higher than the maximum allowable concentration. Metal polishers were exposed to over 2 times the maximum allowable concentration for dusts with a low free crystalline silica content. In the grinding shop the dust levels were over 4 times higher thann the maximum allowable concentration, and the geometrical means of particle size distribution were in the range 1.32-1.6µm.
Descriptors (primary) airborne dust; galvanizing; foundries; shipbuilding industry; dust measurement
Descriptors (secondary) silica; abrasive operations; dust analysis; exposure evaluation; shipyards
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Dust, aerosols and related diseases
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Foundries, metalcasting and forging operations
Shipbuliding and ship repair
Surface treatment