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Document ID (ISN)111614
CIS number 11-0214
ISSN - Serial title 0373-1944 - Travail et sécurité
Year 2011
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Lemarié J.
Title Bronze and lighting ornaments - Chiselling away safely
Original title Lustrerie-bronze - Ciseler en toute sécurité [in French]
Bibliographic information Feb. 2011, No.714, p.42-44. Illus.
Internet access Lustrerie-bronze.pdf [in French]
Abstract Clocks, candelabras, andirons, chandeliers and other objects in bronze, brass or cast iron from French ministries and embassies are renovated in the Paris workshop of the National furniture service. This article describes the tasks carried out in this workshop, together with the prevention of occupational safety and health hazards.
Descriptors (primary) cast iron; brass; bronze; electric lighting equipment; limitation of exposure; safe working methods; maintenance shops
Descriptors (secondary) nitric acid; lead; airborne dust; hand tools; metal dust pneumoconiosis; injuries; determination in blood; medical supervision; local exhaust
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Metal production and metalworking
Other industries and occupations
Broad subject area(s) Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Lead and compounds
Respiratory protection
Air pollution
Public and government services
Metalworking industry