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Comparisons of Airborne Quartz Concentrationsin Mineral Dust Exposure Industries

광물성분진 노출사업장의 공기 중 석영의 농도 비교

  • 정경선 (대구한의대학교 산업보건연구소) ;
  • 배혜정 (대구한의대학교 산업보건연구소) ;
  • 남미란 (대구한의대학교 산업보건연구소) ;
  • 정종현 (대구한의대학교 보건학부) ;
  • 피영규 (대구한의대학교 보건학부)
  • Received : 2017.08.29
  • Accepted : 2017.09.20
  • Published : 2017.09.30
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Abstract

Objectives: This study was conducted toestimate quartz concentrations and contents in the airborne respirable dust from various industries. Methods: A total of 818 samples were collected from 174 industries. Respirable dust samples were collected using a cyclone equipped with a 37 mm, $5{\mu}m$ pore size PVC filter. The quartz concentrations were identified using the intensity of the absorption peak of quartz at $799cm^{-1}$ by Fourie Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy(FTIR). Results: The respective geometric means for quartz concentrations in the respirable dust were 0.0050, 0.0049, 0.0025, and $0.0019mg/m^3$ in foundries, ceramics, construction, and cement/stone. The geometric mean of quartz contents analyzed by FTIR were respectively 3.43, 1.99, 1.04, and 0.82% for ceramics, foundries, cement/stone, and construction. The rate of exceeding the Korean Occupational Exposure Limit($0.05mg/m^3$) was 2.03%, but rate of exceeding the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienist(ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value($0.025mg/m^3$) was 7.12%. Conclusions: Given that foundries had a higher quartz concentration, there is a need to reduce respirable dust, such as through wet operation. In order to protect the health of workers exposed to mineral dust, it is necessary to actively consider strengthening the Korean Occupational Exposure Limit.

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