Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science (대한안전경영과학회지)

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Ship Repair Workers' Exposure to Asbestos by a Systematic Review in Korea

문헌 조사를 통한 국내 선박 수리 작업자들의 석면 노출 특성 분석

  • Choi, Sang-Jun (Department of Occupational Health, Catholic University of Daegu) ;
  • Kwon, Hyo-Jung (Department of Occupational Health, Catholic University of Daegu) ;
  • Gwak, Su-Gyeong (Department of Occupational Health, Catholic University of Daegu)
  • 최상준 (대구가톨릭대학교 산업보건학과) ;
  • 권효정 (대구가톨릭대학교 산업보건학과) ;
  • 곽수경 (대구가톨릭대학교 산업보건학과)
  • Received : 2012.05.29
  • Accepted : 2012.09.03
  • Published : 2012.09.30
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Abstract

This study was conducted to evaluate the characteristics of exposure to asbestos for ship repair workers in Korea by a systematic review. The number of articles studying asbestos exposure levels from ship repair workplaces was found to be 4. All asbestos concentration reported as either geometric mean and geometric standard deviation or ranges were transformed to arithmetic mean to estimate exposure level. In addition, weighted arithmetic means(WAMs) were calculated by weighing of the different number of samples. The WAM concentrations were 2.746 f/cc during asbestos dismantling work, 0.034 f/cc before asbestos dismantling work and 0.065 f/cc after working respectively. The maximum airborne concentration of asbestos during asbestos removal work was 7.02 f/cc which was 70 times higher than the occupational exposure limit of Korea, 0.1 f/cc. This study recommends that retrospective exposure to asbestos based on various ship types and operations should be assessed.

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