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ID (ISN) del documento112129
Número CIS 11-0826
Año 2009
Número de serie RR 689
Autor(es) Easterbrook A., Brough P.
Health and Safety Executive
Título Silica baseline survey
Información bibliográfica HSE Books, P.O. Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2WA, United Kingdom, 2009. viii, 59p. 17 ref.
Acceso Internet RR_689.pdf [en inglés]
Resumen The overall objective of this project was to establish employee exposures and the control of respirable crystalline silica (RCS) in four United Kingdom sectors: brick and tile manufacture, stonemasonry, quarrying and construction. More specifically, the objectives were: to establish whether engineering controls and the use of respiratory protective equipment (RPE) were adequate to reduce exposures below the workplace exposure limit (WEL) for RCS; to assess the reliability of the exposure controls; to identify common causes of failures of exposure controls; to provide data against which the effect of HSE interventions could be assessed in future. Findings are discussed.
Descriptores (primarios) Reino Unido; sílice; polvos en suspensión aérea; talla de la piedra; valoración de la exposición; canteras; cerámica industrial; construcciones y obras publicas
Descriptores (secundarios) mantenimiento; seguridad incorporada; aspiración; cubrecara; valores umbrales; instituciones publicas de prevencion; informe
Tipo de documento E - Libros, informes, actas
País / Estado o ProvinciaReino Unido
Tema(s) Sustancias tóxicas y peligrosas
Materiales de construcción, vidrio, cerámica
Construcción e ingenería civil
Minas y canteras
Broad subject area(s) Riesgos químicos
Navegación por categoria(s) Exposure evaluation
Glass, pottery and related materials
Mining and quarrying
Construction industry and civil engineering