A field study on the physiological workload of garbage collectors in the Japanese summer.
A field study on the physiological workload of garbage collectors in the Japanese summer.
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日本夏季垃圾收集者生理工作量的实地研究。
DOI:
10.2486/indhealth.ms1332
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发表时间:
2012
影响因子:
2
通讯作者:
T. Kitahara
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文献类型:
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作者:
H. Tsujimura;K. Taoda;T. Kitahara
A field study designed to reveal the physiological workload on garbage collectors (GC) was conducted in Japan. Three drivers who only operated a garbage truck, three loaders who actually collected as a team, three solo collectors, and one clerical worker, totaling 10 male workers participated in this study. The ambient temperature and the relative humidity, activity intensity, and heart rate were measured on the three days in July. The mean heart rate of the workers, excluding the clerical worker, was 97.5 bpm. There were cases in which the heart rate limit, as defined by ACGIH, was exceeded, including a case in which the loader sustainably exceeded this limit for over an hour. There were 10 worker-days in which the 58%HRmax level (corresponding to the permissible limit specified in the Netherlands) was exceeded based on the findings of the 18 worker-days for the loaders and solo collectors. There were many cases in which the energetic load of GC in the humid summertime in Japan exceeded the permissible limits as established in the U.S.A. and the Netherlands. The careful inspection of the actual work conditions and improvements in the work environment should be implemented for the occupational safety and health of GC.
DOI:
10.1097/00043764-199605000-00013
发表时间:
1996
影响因子:
3.2
作者:
Zuskin,E;Mustajbegovic,J;Schachter,EN;Kern,J;Pavicic,D;Budak,A
通讯作者:
Budak,A
DOI:
10.1097/00005768-200009001-00009
发表时间:
2000-09-01
期刊:
MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE
影响因子:
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作者:
Ainsworth, BE;Haskell, WL;Leon, AS
通讯作者:
Leon, AS