Working in elevated temperatures: risks and consequences

2020 ◽  
pp. 10-16
Author(s):  
Anatoly Zernov

A number of technological processes are accompanied by an increase in surface temperature and the release of heat into the working area. The speaker of the conference “Assessment of occupational risks. Working in high temperatures" Anatoly Zernov, expert in the field of professional risk assessment and expertise in the field of labor protection and industrial safety, head of the methodological department RiskProf

2022 ◽  
Vol 1 (15) ◽  
pp. 191-195
Author(s):  
Darya Kiseleva ◽  
Aleksandra Prusakova

The characteristics of the assessment of professional risks are given. The analysis of the competence of labor protection specialists for the assessment of occupational risks has been carried out


Author(s):  
A.A. NESTER ◽  
O.V. ROMANISHYNA ◽  
L.O. MITIUK

Problem statement. The article is aimed at determining the characteristics of the specialty, the presenceof problems in learning. The purpose of the article is to highlight the main problems associated with the production andthe process of mastering the profession. As the specialty is quite young, there are often no materials to master it byfuture specialists. We hope that we have managed to overcome these shortcomings. The training of future specialists intoday's changing conditions of production needs and employers poses new challenges to higher education, includinguniversities that train specialists in the field of civil security. The article is built in the classical style according to therequirements of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine to scientific articles. Purpose. The specialty is one ofthe most relevant and popular specialties of training and is focused primarily on training specialists who are able toensure effective implementation of labor protection policy, industrial safety and cooperation with state supervisoryauthorities in accordance with regulations and international standards. The specialty allows to acquire practical andspecialized knowledge and skills in the field of both technical and human sciences, related to the risks that arise in theprocess of work, methods of eliminating hazards, assessment of occupational risks, etc. Graduates can interpret the roleand place of a person in solving health and safety problems with all the consequences. Conclusions. The purpose of thespecialists in civil safety and labor protection is to implement the task of compulsory state social insurance againstaccidents at work and occupational diseases, including participation in ensuring the employer's preventive and othermeasures aimed at eliminating harmful and dangerous factors of production, prevention of accidents at work,occupational diseases and other cases of threat to the health of personnel caused by working conditions, and providingthe employer with practical assistance in constantly improving the forms and methods of preventive work in the field oflabor protection.


2020 ◽  
Vol 177 ◽  
pp. 06006
Author(s):  
S.S. Timofeeva ◽  
I.V. Drozdova ◽  
A.A. Boboev

Currently, Uzbekistan is in the process of legislation modernization, primarily in matters of labor protection and industrial safety. Modernization consists in the transition from a previously existing ineffective system focused on compensation payments to a modern system based on preventive approaches, which imply continuous improvement of work conditions. The aim of this work is to analyze the legislation in the field of labor protection management, obliging employers to proceed to occupational risks assessment and their management, as well as the assessment of occupational risks for miners, working under the influence of harmful and dangerous production factors during gold mining in the quarry, and the development of measures to reduce them. The possible reasons for the discrepancy with the stated requirements of the physical factors of the miners working environment when performing work in gold mining quarries are analyzed. It has been established that professional risks for personnel are classified as high and medium and it is necessary to carry out organizational and technical measures to minimize them.


2020 ◽  
Vol 178 ◽  
pp. 01087
Author(s):  
Elena Bakiko ◽  
Vitaly Serdyuk ◽  
Svetlana Yanchij ◽  
Ivan Ignatovich ◽  
Ekaterina Bardina

The results of the authors’ research in more than 600 organizations have shown the labor protection specialist competence influence on the occupational risk management system state and the overall labor protection management system. It is revealed that the leading role in the labor conditions and safety improving strategy choosing and formation, as well as in the scientifically based method of professional risk assessment belongs to a labor protection specialist with a certain competence. The paper describes 16 occupational safety specialists’ professional competence levels and the main factors that determine their formation. The possibilities and abilities of specialists’ with different professional competence levels to assess professional risks are considered and presented in tabular form. About 100 data of different approaches and methods for assessing occupational risks are given, from which only a competent occupational safety specialist can choose the best method for his organization. His decision influences not only the assessing and managing professional risks procedure costs, determined by the particular method choosing, but also the overall occupational safety management system effectiveness in the organization. The conducted research has shown a significant occupational safety competent specialists role in ensuring the professional risks management in the organization and allowed to link his capabilities in assessing professional risks with his professional competence level. This information can motivate the employer to pay attention to the labor protection specialists’ role in ensuring the industrial safety and take care of their timely skills improvement.


2021 ◽  
pp. 23-27

Rostrud specialists provide clarifications on issues related to training in the provision of first aid, assessment of occupational risks, and industrial safety.


Alloy Digest ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 33 (8) ◽  

Abstract EASTERN STAINLESS TYPE 310S has high resistance to corrosion and oxidation at high temperatures. It also has high strength at elevated temperatures. Thus it is especially suitable for service at high temperatures. It is very ductile and can be welded readily. Among the many applications for Type 310S, a few typical uses include annealing boxes, chemical plant equipment, fire box sheets, furnace linings, heat exchangers, oil-refining equipment, kiln linings and tube hangers. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as creep. It also includes information on high temperature performance and corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SS-450. Producer or source: Eastern Stainless Steel Company.


Work ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Carlos Carvalhais ◽  
Micaela Querido ◽  
Cristiana C. Pereira ◽  
Joana Santos

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 global pandemic brought several challenges to occupational safety and health practice. One of these is the need to (re)assess the occupational risks, particularly, biological risks. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this work is to promote guidance to occupational safety and health practitioners when conducting a biological risk assessment in this context. METHODS: The main steps of the biological risk assessment are explained with some inputs regarding the novelty posed by SARS-CoV-2 and an example of a qualitative risk assessment method is presented. Also, its application to two different activities was exemplified. RESULTS: In both cases, the assessment considered that vulnerable workers were working from home or in medical leave. The results showed low or medium risk level for the assessed tasks. For medium risk level, additional controls are advised, such maintain social distancing, sanitize instruments/equipment before use, use proper and well-maintained PPE (when applicable), and promote awareness sessions to spread good practices at work. Employers must be aware of their obligations regarding biological risk assessment and OSH practitioners must be prepared to screen and link the abundance of scientific evidence generated following the outbreak, with the technical practice. CONCLUSIONS: This paper could be an important contribution to OSH practice since it highlights the need to (re)assess occupational risks, especially biological risk, to ensure a safe return to work, providing technical guidance.


Author(s):  
Constantine M. Tarawneh ◽  
Arturo A. Fuentes ◽  
Javier A. Kypuros ◽  
Lariza A. Navarro ◽  
Andrei G. Vaipan ◽  
...  

In the railroad industry, distressed bearings in service are primarily identified using wayside hot-box detectors (HBDs). Current technology has expanded the role of these detectors to monitor bearings that appear to “warm trend” relative to the average temperatures of the remainder of bearings on the train. Several bearings set-out for trending and classified as nonverified, meaning no discernible damage, revealed that a common feature was discoloration of rollers within a cone (inner race) assembly. Subsequent laboratory experiments were performed to determine a minimum temperature and environment necessary to reproduce these discolorations and concluded that the discoloration is most likely due to roller temperatures greater than 232 °C (450 °F) for periods of at least 4 h. The latter finding sparked several discussions and speculations in the railroad industry as to whether it is possible to have rollers reaching such elevated temperatures without heating the bearing cup (outer race) to a temperature significant enough to trigger the HBDs. With this motivation, and based on previous experimental and analytical work, a thermal finite element analysis (FEA) of a railroad bearing pressed onto an axle was conducted using ALGOR 20.3™. The finite element (FE) model was used to simulate different heating scenarios with the purpose of obtaining the temperatures of internal components of the bearing assembly, as well as the heat generation rates and the bearing cup surface temperature. The results showed that, even though some rollers can reach unsafe operating temperatures, the bearing cup surface temperature does not exhibit levels that would trigger HBD alarms.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
John B. Lowe ◽  
Richard T. Baker

Ordered mesoporous silica materials are of interest for a wide range of applications. In many of these, elevated temperatures are used either in the preparation of the material or during its use. Therefore, an understanding of the effect of high temperature treatments on these materials is desirable. In this work, a detailed structural study is performed on silicas with three representative pore structures: a 2-D hexagonal pore arrangement (SBA-15), a continuous 3D cubic bimodal pore structure (KIT-6), and a 3D large cage pore structure (FDU-12). Each silica is studied as prepared and after treatment at a series of temperatures between 300 and 900°C. Pore structures are imaged using Transmission Electron Microscopy. This technique is used in conjunction with Small-Angle X-ray Diffraction, gas physisorption, and29Si solid state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Using these techniques, the pore size distributions, the unit cell dimensions of the mesoporous structures, and the relative occupancy of the distinct chemical environments of Si within them are cross correlated for the three silicas and their evolution with treatment temperature is elucidated. The physical and chemical properties before, during, and after collapse of these structures at high temperatures are described as are the differences in behavior between the three silica structures.


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