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Document ID (ISN)70597
CIS number 98-73
Year 1998
Convention or series no.
Author(s)
Fundación Ecológica Bacatá
Title Extraction of sand from river-beds and quarries and occupational health
Original title La extracción de arena de río y peña y la salud de los trabajadores [in Spanish]
Bibliographic information Instituto de Seguros Sociales, Protección Laboral Seguro, Administradora de Riesgos Profesionales, Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia, no date. 27p. Illus.
Abstract Topics: Colombia; description of technique; dust; health hazards; heat; manual lifting; noise; non-metallic mineral industry; physical hazards; quarrying industry; sand; Silica; training manuals; training material; vibration.
Descriptors (primary) Colombia; silica; training material; non-metallic mineral industry; quarrying industry; sand
Descriptors (secondary) noise; vibration; manual lifting; dust; heat; health hazards; description of technique; physical hazards; training manuals
Document type C - Training manuals, audiovisual material
Country / State or ProvinceColombia
Subject(s) Mines and quarries
Broad subject area(s) General safety, health and conditions of work
Browse category(ies) Mining and quarrying
OSH training