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Document ID (ISN)62200
CIS number 94-926
ISBN(s) 87-7534-432-7
Year 1993
Convention or series no. Branchebillede 15
Title Cleaning, laundries and dry cleaning sector
Original title Rengøringsvirksomheder, vaskerier, renserier [in Danish]
Bibliographic information Direktoratet for Arbejdstilsynet, Landskronagade 33-35, 2100 København Ø, Denmark, 1993. 68p. 30 ref. Price: DKK 100.00.
Abstract Volume No.15 of a series of monographs covering the occupational safety and health in all sectors of Danish economy. It covers the sectors that deal with cleaning, with laundry and dry cleaning. The occupational safety and health problems in the cleaning sector are skin diseases, psychological stress and musculoskeletal diseases. In laundries noise, the thermal environment, heavy workload and monotonous work are the principal OSH problems. In the dry cleaning sector chemical hazards are important.
Descriptors (primary) occupational safety and health; laundries; cleaning of workplaces; dry cleaning; cleaning; Denmark
Descriptors (secondary) report; heavy work; skin diseases; psychological effects; injuries; chemical hazards; musculoskeletal diseases
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceDenmark
Subject(s) Commerce, services, offices
Broad subject area(s) Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Laundries and dry cleaning
Cleaning work