Exposure assessment to inhalable and respirable dust in the post - earthquake construction sites in the city of l'Aquila.
chemical risk assessment
chemical risk construction industry
dust exposure construction industry
occupational exposure
silica dust exposure
Journal
Journal of occupational health
ISSN: 1348-9585
Titre abrégé: J Occup Health
Pays: Australia
ID NLM: 9616320
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jan 2021
Jan 2021
Historique:
revised:
22
10
2021
received:
26
05
2021
accepted:
02
11
2021
entrez:
1
12
2021
pubmed:
2
12
2021
medline:
24
12
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Following an earthquake that occurred in middle Italy in 2009, the involved territory hosted in 10 years thousands of construction sites. The aim of this study is to assess inhalable, respirable, and respirable crystalline silica exposure of the construction workers involved in the rebuilding activities. Six construction companies joined the study and hosted the air sampling activities. We identified four work tasks: bricklayer and similar; scaffolder and carpenter; manual demolition; other tasks. We reported 8-h time-weighted concentrations. The "All tasks" geometric mean concentration of inhalable dust was 4.73 mg/m The comparison of the results shows that manual demolition workers are exposed to high levels of inhalable dust, exceeding the TLV-TWA (Threshold Limit Values-Time Weighted Average) limit of 10 mg/m
Identifiants
pubmed: 34851000
doi: 10.1002/1348-9585.12296
pmc: PMC8634115
doi:
Substances chimiques
Dust
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e12296Informations de copyright
© 2021 The Authors. Journal of Occupational Health published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of The Japan Society for Occupational Health.
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