• 제목/요약/키워드: lead workers

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흑연로 장치가 부착된 원자흡광분석기를 이용한 혈중 납 농도 측정-직업적으로 납에 폭로된 근로자들과 비폭로 대조군간의 혈중 납 농도 비교 (Determination of blood lead concentration by the atomic absorption spectrometry with graphite furnace-Comparison of blood lead concentration between occupationally exposed workers and control group)

  • 양정선;강성규;최병순;박인정;박동욱;오세민;정호근
    • 분석과학
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    • 제6권4호
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    • pp.363-368
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    • 1993
  • 흑연로 장치가 부착된 원자흡광분석기를 이용하여 혈중 납 분석을 위한 최적 조건을 검토하고 납 사용 작업장에서 일하면서 직업적으로 납에 폭로되어 온 근로자들의 혈중 납 농도를 측정하였다. 일반 작업장에서 일하는 근로자들과 비폭로 대조군 간의 혈중 납 농도를 비교하고 작업 연한과 흡연 정도에 따른 상관성을 검토하였다.

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연 재생공장 인접 근로자들의 연 폭로정도에 관한 조사 (Exposed level of workers in the factory next to a lead recycling factory)

  • 김진하;이덕희;이용환
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • 제29권3호
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    • pp.693-700
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    • 1996
  • 부산 시내 모 공단에 위치한 폐밧데리로 연을 재생하는 산업장에 인접한 산업장에 근무하는 근로자들의 연 폭로 정도를 알기 위하여 연 폭로원에 인접한 작업장 A의 39명과 연 폭로원에서 8.5km 떨어진 곳에 위치한 동일한 원료, 공정, 자동차 부품을 생산하는 작업장 B의 62명을 연구대상자로 선정하고 표준화된 설문지 조사와 혈중 연 농도를 분석, 비교하였다. 또한 두 산업장의 세 작업장 기중 연 농도를 분석, 비교하였다. 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 산업장 A의 평균연령 (38.7세)이 산업장 B(29.5세) 보다 유의하게 높았고, 근무연수의 차이는 없었다. 2. 평균 기중 연 농도는 산업장 A $2.6{\mu}g/m^3$, 산업장 B $1.2{\mu}g/m^3$로 산업장 A가 유의하게 높았다(P<0.05). 또한 산업장 A의 평균 기중 연 농도는 실내작업장, 실외작업장, 사무실 순으로 연 폭로원과 거리가 가까울수록 높았고 세 작업장 사이에 유의한 농도차가 있었다(P<0.05). 3. 평균 혈중 연 농도는 산업장 A $14.9{\mu}g/dl$, 산업장 B $12.2{\mu}g/dl$로 산업장 A가 유의하게 높았다(P<0.001). 또한 작업장 A의 세 작업 분야별 평균 혈중 연 농도 사이에는 유의한 통계적 차이(P<0.05)가 있었지만 작업장 B는 없었고 작업장 A의 평균 혈중 연 농도 순은 기중 연 농도 순과 연 폭로원과 떨어진 거리 순과 일치하였다. 4. 혈중 연 농도와 연령, 근무연수 사이의 상관관계는 산업장 A의 경우 상관이 낮았고, 산업장 B에서는 연령과 유의한 상관(r=0.382, P=0.0023)을 보였고, 연령을 보정하여도 두 산업장간 평균 혈중 연 농도 차는 유지되었다(P<0.001). 산업장 A에서 보인 작업장소간, Part간 농도의 차이는 연 폭로원에 인접한 산업장의 경우 연 폭로원의 작업환경과 밀접한 관계가 있음을 시사한다. 따라서 유해산업장의 작업환경으로 인하여 발생하는 인접산업장 근로자들의 유해물질에 대한 환경적 폭로는 해당 유해산업장의 환경개선 노력에 의하여 적절히 예방될 수 있을 것이므로 유해산업장의 작업환경에 대한 보다 체계적이고 철저한 감시가 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

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Subclinical Neuropathy at 'Safe' Levels of Lead Exposure

  • Seppalanen Anna Maria;Tola Sakari;Hernberg Sven;Kock Boria
    • 대한예방의학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한예방의학회 1994년도 교수 연수회(환경)
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    • pp.545-548
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    • 1994
  • Eletrophysiological methods revealed subclinical neuropathy in 26 workers, exposed from 1 to 17 years to lead and whose blood lead (PbB) values had never exceeded $70{\mu}g/100\;ml$, as ascertained by checking the monitor reports of the factory and by careful exposure history. The PbB determinations had been tested repostedly and had been found valid. The main findings were slowing of the maximal motor conduction velocities of the median and ulnar nerves and particularly the conduction velocity of the slower fibers of the ulnar nerve. Eletrophysiological abnormalities comprised fibriliations, diminution of the number of motor units on maximal contraction, and an abnormal. Thus, a dose-response relationship exlets on a group basis. Since the regular monitoring of PbBs in most workers during their entire period of exposure excludes the possibility of a body burden out of proportion to the PbBs silght neuro-logical damage is produced at exposures hitherto regarded as quite sale.

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D-Penicillamine 이 연 배설농도에 미치는 영향 (Effect of oral D-penieillamine in Urinary excretion of lead)

  • 박정일
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • 제9권1호
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    • pp.87-94
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    • 1976
  • In order to study the chelating action of d-penicillamine on lead and the possibility of its application to the provocation test for diagnosis of lead poisoning, urinary excretion of lead was measured from 24-hour urine samples before, during and after administration of d-penicillamine by oral route for 5 days on 18 lead workers. The results were as follows: 1. Oral d-penicillamine 600 mg/day raised the excretion of urinary lead by approximately 3 times as compared with initial urinary lead level. 2. Initial urinary lead level was the better indicator of urinary lead excretion in d-penicillamine administration than initial blood lead ${\delta}-ALA$ and hemoglobin level. 3. Oral d-penicillamine may be quite useful in provocation test for lead poisoning.

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Identifying unsafe habits of construction workers based on real-time location

  • Li, Heng;Chan, Greg
    • 국제학술발표논문집
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    • The 6th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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    • pp.10-14
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    • 2015
  • Unsafe behavior is one of the major causes of construction accidents. Managing the behavior of workers in real-time is difficult and requires huge manpower. In this paper, a new real-time locating framework is proposed to improve safety management by collecting and analyzing data describing the behavior of workers to identify habits that may lead to accidents. The aim of the study is to identify working habits of workers based on their location history. Location data is used to compare with that of other workers and equipment. The results indicate that the reuse of real-time location data can provide extra safety information for safety management and that the proposed system has the potential to prevent struck-by accidents and caught-in between accidents by predicting unwanted interaction between workers and equipment. This adds to current research aimed at automating construction safety to the point where the continuous monitoring, managing and protection of site workers on site is possible.

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비색법과 HPLC 법에 의한 요중 δ-Aminolevulinic acid의 측정치 비교 (Measurement of δ-Aminolevulinic Acid in Urine by Fluorometric HPLC and Colorimetric Methods)

  • 안규동;연유용;이병국
    • 한국산업보건학회지
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    • 제4권1호
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    • pp.17-24
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    • 1994
  • 연폭로자에 있어서 연에 의한 생물학적 영향을 평가하는데는 요중 ${\delta}$-ALA 배설량이 아주 좋은 지표로 이용된다. 현재 이것은 Ehrlich's reagent와 ALA-pyrrole의 증색반응으로 측정하는 비색법이 주로 사용된다. 그러나 이 방법은 aminoacetone 같은 ALA 유사물질에 의하여 요중 배설량이 과다하게 측정된다. 한편 최근 개발된 fluorometric HPLC에 의한 요중 ${\delta}$-ALA 배설량의 분석은 아주 예민하고도 특이적인 것으로 알려져 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 혈중연과 다른 연폭로 지표를 측정하여 연폭로 수준이 다른 117명의 피검자에서 비색법과 HPLC 법에 의한 ${\delta}$-ALA 배설량을 측정하여 두 방법 간의 관련성을 조사하기 위하여 시도하였으며 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 비색법에 의한 요중의 ${\delta}$-ALA 배설량은 HPLC 법에 비하여 전체적으로 2.15배, 혈중연 $20{\mu}g/dl$ 이하에서 2.47배, $21-40{\mu}g/dl$에서 2.53배, $41{\mu}g/dl$ 이상에서는 1.86배 높은 것으로 측정되었다. 2. 비색법에 의한 요중 ${\delta}$-ALA 배설량과 혈중연 및 혈중 ZPP 농도와의 상관은 0.571, 0.629였으며, HPLC 법은 0.610, 0.637로 통계적 유의성이 있었다(p<0.01). 3. 비색법과 HPLC 법에 의한 요중 ${\delta}$-ALA 배설량 간의 상관은 0.848 이었으며, 요비중으로 보정하였을 때는 0.852였으며 통계적으로 유의하였다(p<0.01). 4. HPLC 법에 의한 요중 ${\delta}$-ALA 배설량을 종속변수로 하고 비색버버을 독립변수로 하였을 때 희기방정식은 (ALA-UHP)=-0.245+0.536 (ALA-UCO)(p<0.0001)였으며, 요비중 1.024로 보정하였을 때의 희기방정식은 (SP ALA-UHP)=-0.525+0.599 (SP ALA-UCO)(p<0.0001)였다. 상기와 같은 결과에서 현행 산업안전보건법 시행규칙에서 연중독 진단을 행하는 경우 HPLC로 요중 ${\delta}$-ALA 배설량을 측정한다면 연중독 진단 기준의 개정이 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

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연 취급 노동자의 연 폭로 수준 및 혈중 Zinc Protoporphyrin 농도 (Level of Lead in Air and Blood Zinc Protoporphyrin of Workers in Lead Plants)

  • 김창영
    • 한국환경보건학회지
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    • 제17권1호
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    • pp.95-103
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    • 1991
  • For the purpose of estimating the working environment and the relationship between the airborne lead concentration and the ZPP level in the whole blood of the workers, the airborne lead concentrations and the ZPP level were measured at the 26 plants which deal with lead, from October 5 to November 5 in 1988. Analysis of the airborne lead concentration was performed by NIOSH Method 7082, and the ZPP level was measured by a hematofluorometer. The following results are concluded. 1. The average airborne lead concentration of the lead battery manufactures is 0.025mg/m$^{3}$ and that of the secondary lead smelters is 0.023mg/m$^{3}$. There were no significant differences between industry (p>0.1) 2. At the lead battery manufacture, the process of lead powder production showed the highest concentration of 0.034mg/m$^{3}$ but there were no significant differences among the processes (p>0.1). At the secondary lead smelter, the process of dismantling waste batteries showed the highest concentration 0.141mg/m$^{3}$, and there were very significant differences among the processes (p<0.005). 3. The ZPP level in the whole blood showed significant differences between industry (p<0.10). The average ZPP level of the lead battery manufactures is 133.0 + 106.3 $\mu$g/100ml and that of the secondary lead smelters is 149.6 + 110.9 $\mu$g/100ml. 4. The correlation coefficients between the airborne lead concantration and ZPP level were 0. 426 (p<0.001) for the lead battery manufactures and 0.484 (p<0.001) for the secondary lead smelters. The correlation coefficients between the work duration (in months) and the ZPP level were 0.238 (p<0.001) for the lead battery mannfactures and 0.075 (p>0.10) for the secondary lead smelters. 5. The linear regression equation, with the airborne lead concentration as an independent variable and the ZPP level as a dependent variable, is Y=96.84+1300.34X (r=0.448, p<0.001) for the 26 plants which deal with lead. The linear regression equation, with the work duration(in months) as an independent variable and the ZPP level as a dependent variable, is Y=127.28 +0.49X (r=0.162, p<0.05). 6. The correlation coefficients between the amount of inhaled lead and ZPP level were 0.349 (p < 0.001) for the lead battery manufactures and 0.318(p<0.001) for the secondary lead smeltes. The linear regression equation for the 26 plants surveyed, with the amount of inhaled lead as an independent variable and ZPP level as a dependent variable, is Y=123.63+18.82X (r=0. 335, p<0.001).

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연 노출 근로자들의 혈장 δ - aminolevulinic acid 량과 연 노출 지표들과의 관련성 (The Relationships between Plasma δ - aminolevulinic acid Concentration and Lead Exposure Indices in Lead Workers)

  • 김진호;안규동;이성수;황규윤;김용배;이병국
    • 한국산업보건학회지
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    • 제10권2호
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    • pp.165-172
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    • 2000
  • This study was carried out to investigate relationship between plasma $\delta$ - aminolevulinic acid (ALAP) and lead exposure indices in exposure to lead. The subjects were 218 male workers in 2 storage battery companies and 2 secondary smelting companies. Blood lead(PbB), blood zinc-protoporphyrin( ZPP), urinary $\delta$ - aminolevulinic acid (ALAU), hemoglobin(Hb), and hematocrit(Hct) were measured as lead exposure indices. The results were as follows, 1. The means of blood lead and blood ZPP concentration of subjects were $27.2{\pm}14.0{\mu}g/d{\ell}$ and $55.1{\pm}47.6{\mu}g/d{\ell}$, respectively. The means of plasma $\delta$ - ALA and urinary $\delta$ - ALA concentration were $18.9{\pm}25.1{\mu}g/d{\ell}$ and $2.1{\pm}4.6mg/{\ell}$, respectively. 2. The concentration of ALAP was $11.2{\mu}g/{\ell}$ for below $20{\mu}g/d{\ell}$ PbB, $12.8{\mu}g/{\ell}$ for from $21-40{\mu}g/d{\ell}$ PbB, and $51.2{\mu}g/{\ell}$ for over $40{\mu}g/d{\ell}$ PbB, respectively. 3. ALAP was significantly correlated with ALAU(r=0.829, p<0.01), ZPP(r=0.724, p<0.01) and PbB(r=0.552, p<0.01).

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Construction Workers' Sensation-Seeking and Inattentiveness to Warning Alarms from Construction Vehicles

  • Kim, Namgyun;Gregoire, Laurent;Anderson, Brian A.;Ahn, Changbum R.
    • 국제학술발표논문집
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    • The 9th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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    • pp.261-268
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    • 2022
  • In road work zones, pedestrian workers' habituated inattention to warning alarms from construction vehicles can lead to fatal accidents. Previous studies have theorized that human factors such as personality traits may affect workers' inattentiveness to workplace hazards. However, there has been no study that directly examined how road construction workers' personality traits affect their attention to warning alarms within a work zone and the likelihood of engagement in a struck-by accident. This study examines how workers' sensation-seeking (especially boredom susceptibility) is related to inattention to warning alarms while performing a task in road work zones. An experiment with actual road construction workers was conducted using a virtual road construction environment. Workers' attention to repeatedly presented warning alarms was measured using eye-tracking sensors. In response to workers' frequent inattentive behaviors, a virtual accident was simulated. Results revealed a significant association between boredom susceptibility and workers' engagement in the virtual accident, a consequence of inattentiveness to warning alarms. The findings suggest that workers' personality traits predispose them to tune out warning alarms and become vulnerable to accidents in road work zones. The findings of this study can be used to develop targeted interventions aimed at preventing workers' inattention to repeatedly exposed workplace hazards, thereby contributing to reducing fatal accidents in road work zones.

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Ergonomics of Office Seating and Postures

  • Jeong, Byung Yong;Yoon, Ara
    • 대한인간공학회지
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    • 제33권2호
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    • pp.167-174
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    • 2014
  • Objective: This research focuses on the working environment of office workers and aims to propose an ideal seating posture and chair design. Background: Generally, office workers having to seat in a fixed posture for long periods of time tend to suffer from an increased rate of musculoskeletal disorders. Method: The measurement and survey of 123 office workers on their working conditions and literature survey will lead to a suggestion of an ideal seating posture and workstation design theory. Results: Work environment satisfaction appeared low for chair and desks. Work-related pain over the last year was experienced among 47.2% of the respondents in shoulder (34.2%), neck (30.9%). Observation of working posture revealed that only 27.6% of workers utilize backrest during work. Conclusion: Office work embodies many situations where risks of musculoskeletal disorders may be high. Thus, the seated workplace must be set up to allow proper seating posture for workers. Application: The results of this study can be applied as baseline data for preventing musculoskeletal disorders of office workers.