302 Ensuring effective control of exposure during asbestos removal - The Netherlands

IF 1.8 4区医学 Q3 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Annals Of Work Exposures and Health Pub Date : 2024-06-27 DOI:10.1093/annweh/wxae035.116

Suzanne Spaan, Jeroen Terwoert

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Abstract

Asbestos is a recognized carcinogen still causing many thousands of deaths each year. When removing asbestos from buildings or objects, effective control of exposure, preferably at the source, is crucial. In The Netherlands, companies can use a designated, easy-to-use tool (‘SMART-ns’) to assess exposure for a certain work procedure based on the AREAT-model, in which control measures can be taken into account. The tool also provides established safe working procedures, as well as control guidance sheets on specific issues, such as wetting and LEV. Furthermore, exposure can also be assessed by means of available measurements. Alternatively, companies can perform measurements to prove the safety of specific work procedures. Guidance for companies has been developed, based partially on the EN-689, in order to secure the quality of the exposure studies. After evaluation and approval by a national committee of experts (‘Validation & Innovation Point Asbestos’/ VIP-Asbest), the work procedure is taken up in SMART-ns, and can be used without further risk assessment. Challenges in the implementation and in enforcement in practice will be discussed.

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302 确保有效控制石棉拆除过程中的接触 - 荷兰

石棉是一种公认的致癌物质，每年仍会导致数千人死亡。在清除建筑物或物体中的石棉时，有效控制接触（最好是从源头开始）至关重要。在荷兰，公司可以使用一种指定的、易于使用的工具（"SMART-ns"），根据 AREAT 模型评估特定工作程序的接触情况，并将控制措施纳入考虑范围。该工具还提供了既定的安全工作程序，以及有关具体问题（如润湿和 LEV）的控制指导单。此外，还可以通过现有的测量方法来评估接触情况。另外，企业也可以通过测量来证明特定工作程序的安全性。为了确保接触研究的质量，我们已根据 EN-689 制定了企业指南。在经过国家专家委员会（"Validation & Innovation Point Asbest"/"VIP-Asbest"）的评估和批准后，工作程序将被纳入 SMART-ns，无需再进行风险评估即可使用。将讨论在实际实施和执行过程中遇到的挑战。

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Annals Of Work Exposures and Health Medicine-Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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期刊介绍： About the Journal Annals of Work Exposures and Health is dedicated to presenting advances in exposure science supporting the recognition, quantification, and control of exposures at work, and epidemiological studies on their effects on human health and well-being. A key question we apply to submission is, "Is this paper going to help readers better understand, quantify, and control conditions at work that adversely or positively affect health and well-being?" We are interested in high quality scientific research addressing: the quantification of work exposures, including chemical, biological, physical, biomechanical, and psychosocial, and the elements of work organization giving rise to such exposures; the relationship between these exposures and the acute and chronic health consequences for those exposed and their families and communities; populations at special risk of work-related exposures including women, under-represented minorities, immigrants, and other vulnerable groups such as temporary, contingent and informal sector workers; the effectiveness of interventions addressing exposure and risk including production technologies, work process engineering, and personal protective systems; policies and management approaches to reduce risk and improve health and well-being among workers, their families or communities; methodologies and mechanisms that underlie the quantification and/or control of exposure and risk. There is heavy pressure on space in the journal, and the above interests mean that we do not usually publish papers that simply report local conditions without generalizable results. We are also unlikely to publish reports on human health and well-being without information on the work exposure characteristics giving rise to the effects. We particularly welcome contributions from scientists based in, or addressing conditions in, developing economies that fall within the above scope.