| Document ID (ISN) | 108233 |
| CIS number |
08-516 |
| ISBN(s) |
978-2-89631-151-4 |
| Year |
2007 |
| Convention or series no. |
Fiche de prévention RF-508
|
| Author(s) |
Roberge B., Audet E., Gautrin D. |
| Title |
Occupational asthma - Carpentry and woodworking |
| Original title |
Asthme au travail - Charpenterie et menuiserie [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail du Québec (IRSST), 505 boul. de Maisonneuve Ouest, Montreal (Quebec) H3A 3C2, Canada, Sep. 2007. 6p. Illus. 3 ref. |
| Internet access |
http://www.irsst.qc.ca/files/documents/PubIRSST/RF-508.pdf [in French]
|
| Abstract |
In order to adopt suitable measures for the prevention of occupational asthma and rhinitis, it is important to understand the health hazards in various vocational training and occupational settings. The IRSST published a leaflet presenting these two respiratory diseases in general terms (see CIS 08-514), together with six other leaflets covering specific occupational activities in more detail, explaining the risk factors and proposing suitable preventive measures. This leaflet specifically addresses occupational asthma and rhinitis in the carpentry and woodworking sector, together with the means of protection against specific allergens encountered in this work environment (wood dust, adhesives, solvents, isocyanates, silica). |
| Descriptors (primary) |
allergens; rhinitis; Canada; Quebec; woodworking industry; asthma; carpentry; risk factors; occupational diseases |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
airborne dust; young persons; local exhaust; public OSH institutions; isocyanates; silica; adhesives; vocational training; solvents; limitation of exposure; substitution; respirators; safe working methods; apprentices; wood dust |
| Document type |
C - Training manuals, audiovisual material |
| Country / State or Province | Canada |
| Subject(s) |
Woodworking industry
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Chemical safety
Industries and occupations
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Lumber and the woodworking industry
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Woodworking industry
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