| Document ID (ISN) | 37933 |
| CIS number |
82-1160 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0002-8894 - American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal |
| Year |
1982 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Ungers L.J., Moskowitz P.D., Owens T.W., Harmon A.D., Briggs T.M. |
| Title |
Methodology for an occupational risk assessment: an evaluation of four processes for the fabrication of photovoltaic cells |
| Bibliographic information |
Feb. 1982, Vol.43, No.2, p.73-79. Illus. 9 ref. |
| Abstract |
Using data from the California semi-conductor industry, a 5-step occupational risk assessment procedure was applied to 4 processes for the fabrication of photovoltaic cells, which represent an emerging technology, and for which occupational hazard data do not yet exist. These 5 steps are: identification of process operations within a process; identification of occupations involved with each process operation; calculation of the labour requirement for each occupation to complete a given process operation; calculation of disability and mortality rates and application of them to labour requirements; summation of all occupational disability and mortality values by individual operation and by fabrication process. Estimates of disability and mortality rates for this emerging industry, based on the theoretical procedure, were higher than those calculated for the semi-conductor industry due to higher risks associated with the silicon I and gallium arsenide processes. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
hazard evaluation; photovoltaics industry; accident research |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
gallium arsenide; silicon; sickness absenteeism; comparative analysis; safety analysis; exposure evaluation; prediction; mortality |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Accident research
Risk evaluation
Manufacturing of electrical appliances and equipment
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