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Document ID (ISN)30570
CIS number 79-37
Year 1978
Convention or series no.
Title Interim report on a national survey of the pottery industry
Original title Interimrapport van het landelijk onderzoek in de fijnkeramische industrie [in Dutch]
Bibliographic information Werkgroep Keramische Bedrijven, Arbeidsinspectie, Directoraat-Generaal van de Arbeid, Voorburg, Netherlands, Feb. 1978. 3 booklets of 46, 17 and 29p. Illus. 18 ref. Gratis.
Abstract Contents of this report, which covers the first stage of the survey (1974-75): background information on, and groundwork for, the survey; stage I (examination of 528 workers employed in 74 plants): information and publicity campaign; description of manufacturing processes; dust exposure at various stages of the production process; silicosis in pottery workers; TLVs for exposure to silicogenous dust; instruments and method used to measure dust concentrations; results of measurements carried out; results of medical examinations (63 cases of silicosis, of which 61 were at the initial stage; 10 suspected cases); information on health protection for management and workers (the "Ten Commandments" for exposed workers); health engineering (enclosure, local exhaust ventilation, removal of deposited dust, etc.). The results (graphs and tables) and numerous illustrations are appended in 2 separate booklets.
Descriptors (primary) Netherlands; silica; pottery industry; silicosis; respirable dust
Descriptors (secondary) removal of deposited dust; threshold limit values; dust control; local exhaust; information of personnel; occupational health survey; dust measurement; periodic medical examinations; chest radiography; report
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Dust, aerosols and related diseases
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Glass, pottery and related materials
Pneumoconioses