The Asbestos Worker
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Total Pages | : 494 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Asbestos industry |
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Total Pages | : 494 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Asbestos industry |
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Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Labor unions |
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Total Pages | : 72 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
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Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Asbestos |
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Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Health and Safety |
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Total Pages | : 652 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Asbestos |
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Author | : Peter Bartrip |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 2006-01-10 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1441188185 |
Beyond the Factory Gates examines the issue of asbestos and health in the USA between the early 1900's to the mid-1970s. Areas covered include the emergence of medical concern about the three fatal diseases related to asbestos (asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma); the actions of the US Navy (the main consumer of asbestos-based insulation products); the response of the federal government before and after enactment of the Occupational Safety and Health Act in 1970; and the roles of organized labour and the asbestos industry. The book provides an important insight into occupational health and its regulation in twentieth century America, and is original in several ways. First, there is no satisfactory history of asbestos, health and medicine in the USA - a major gap in the literature. Second, no previous publication has examined the asbestos issue 'beyond the factory gates' in a non-manufacturing context and explored the complex interactions between organised labour, the US Government, business corporations and the US navy. Finally, Beyond the Factory Gates avoids the one-sided, anti-business interpretations that predominate much of the existing literature. It accepts that the history of asbestos is in many ways a human tragedy, but it rejects simplistic, universalised arguments that this has been a tragedy with a cast only villains, dupes and victims.
Author | : Mary A. Finn |
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Total Pages | : 349 |
Release | : 1991 |
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In this Program Demonstrating Excellence ("PDE"), an evaluation was conducted to determine the relative effectiveness of performance-based and traditional methods in the training of asbestos workers. In addition, the effects of peer influence (through public and in-house classes) and the covariates of age and asbestos experience were investigated. the field of asbestos removal is unique when compared to most other jobs involving labor-classified workers. In asbestos removal, the consequences of improper job performance (terminal health effects) are separated from the action by a long latency period. In this situation, learning on the job is not an effective way of gaining knowledge, and the asbestos worker must be properly trained prior to beginning job duties. In the performance-based training system developed for this PDE, the types of performances required for successful job completion--recall, discrimination, manipulation, and problem-solving--were considered. the course materials were presented in a manner designed to elicit the specific performance type from the participants during training. In effect, the participants "practiced" prior to conducting their actual jobs. In contrast, the traditional training system consisted of existing asbestos training courses in which information was presented in common lecture format without regard to types of job performances. to evaluate the effect of peer influence, classes were taught in public and in-house settings. Public settings consisted of training classes open to members of the public at large; in-house settings consisted of training classes in which only co-workers were present. the results of this PDE showed that the performance-based, in-house class performed at a level far superior to all other groups. the performance-based, public class performed at a higher level than either of the traditional classes. the traditional, in-house class generally performed better than the traditional, public class. Age and/or experience were significant covariates in objectives where previous work experience enhanced performance. the need to ensure that asbestos workers receive adequate training, such as that which can be achieved through a performance-based, in-house class, is underscored by the results of the PDE. In addition, these techniques can be applied to other areas in which the effects of improper performance involve health effects with a long latency period.
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Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Asbestos in building |
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Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Health |
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Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Asbestos industry |
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Author | : Great Britain, Health and Safety Executive Staff |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Asbestos abatement |
ISBN | : 9780717628742 |
This book replaces most earlier HSE guidance on liscensed asbestos removal work. It is aimed at businesses holding a alicence to work with asbestos, either repairing or removing asbestos-containing materials (ACMs), supervising such work, holding an ancillary license or providing training on asbestos. Employers who carry out work with asbestos insulation, aasbestos insulating board using their own employees on their premises, who are exempted from the requirement to hold a licence, also need this guidance. The guidance is split into eight chapters, covering different aspects of licensed work with ACM's. It provides an overview of asbestos and its health effects, the law and how to work safely with asbestos.