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ID (ISN) del documento19418
Número CIS 73-349
ISSN - Título de la serie 0007-1072 - British Journal of Industrial Medicine
Año 1972
Número de serie
Autor(es) Dalgaard J.B.
Título Fatal poisoning and other health hazards connected with industrial fishing
Información bibliográfica July 1972, Vol.29, No.3, p.307-316. Illus. 13 ref.
Resumen The literature on disease and severe or even acute poisoning due to work in confined spaces with trash fish used for fish-meal production is reviewed and 3 cases of fatal hypoxia in fishing boats and several cases of non-fatal illness in trash-fish handling are described. A survey carried out on air composition in the holds and forecasting of Danish fishing boats is described; in several instances, the low oxygen and/or high carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulphide concentrations encountered were considered hazardous to life. The poisoning hazards seems greatest during the landing of trash-fish or trash-fish processing in meal plants. Persons under the influence of alcohol may be particularly susceptible. Raw material quality should be improved, safety belts and lifelines should be provided for work in confined spaces, mechanical ventilation should be employed and air testing carried out; fishermen should have an adequate medical service.
Descriptores (primarios) trabajo en espacio confinado; pesca; riesgos biológicos; sentinas
Descriptores (secundarios) cabos de amarre; publicaciones; estudio de caso; dióxido de carbono; sulfuro de hidrógeno; pescados; harina; hipoxia; trabajos peligrosos; ventilación mecánica; atmósfera respirable; deficiencia de oxígeno; servicios médicos y sanitarios; casos mortales; cinturones de seguridad; envenenamiento agudo
Tipo de documento -
Tema(s) Polución, problemas de ambiente
Broad subject area(s)
Navegación por categoria(s) Biological hazards
Pesca
Confined spaces