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Document ID (ISN)31681
CIS number 79-957
Year 1978
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Courcel R.
Title Prevention of accidents due to sewing machines in the garment industry
Original title La prévention des accidents survenant sur les machines à coudre dans l'industrie du vêtement. [in French]
Bibliographic information Regional Health Insurance Fund for Northern France (Caisse régionale d'assurance maladie du Nord de la France), 11 boulevard Vauban, 59024 Lille Cedex, France, 19 Oct. 1978, 6p. 4 ref.
Abstract Paper presented to the Joint Regional Technical Committee for the Textile Industry (Comité technique régional des industries textiles), Lille, France. Most of these accidents are due to the flat bed seamers widely used in the tayloring trade, which can sew 6,000 stitches/min. Various types of guards are described: needle guards (pricks), screens (flying particles), remote operation. A removable guard (for rethreading) developed by the French National Research and Safety Institute (INRS) is described.
Descriptors (primary) safety devices; clothing industry; sewing machines
Descriptors (secondary) fixed guards; mechanical hazards; causes of accidents; screens
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Machinery and tools
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Clothing and finished textile products industry
Safety devices