| Document ID (ISN) | 33956 |
| CIS number |
80-1355 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0373-1944 - Travail et sécurité |
| Year |
1980 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Title |
The hand, a tool for life |
| Original title |
La main, un outil pour la vie. [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Feb.-Mar. 1980, special issue, p.89-184. Illus. 31 ref. |
| Abstract |
This issue is devoted to the risk of occupational accidents and diseases of the hand. Contents: statistics of accidents involving the hands (France); mechanical, thermal, and chemical hazards, manual handling tasks; occupational diseases (dermatitis, vibration, vinyl chlolride, tetanus); personal hygiene; role of the hand and its protection in the industrial environment (French regulations; textile industry; metalworking industry; woodworking; plastics, rubber, leather and fur industries; construction); hand tools; protective gloves; barrier creams; surgical treatment and protheses; left-handed workers. This issue is part of a hand safety campaign which also includes posters, slide-tapes, and a film ("Hand of Crystal") aimed at information of the general public. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
safety films; hand; safety posters; hand injuries; hand and arm protection |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
vibrating tools; barrier creams; safety engineering; tetanus; France; vinyl chloride; skin diseases; manual handling; hand tools; statistics; personal hygiene; surgical treatment; mechanical hazards; left-handed workers; legislation; protective gloves |
| Document type |
C - Training manuals, audiovisual material |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Hand and arm protection
OSH training
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