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posted on 2018-07-09, 09:02 authored by Oliver E. JayTypically, industry workers are exposed to, and may touch, either accidentally or
intentionally, many surfaces of different materials (e g machine parts, walls etc.) For
environments containing hot surfaces, standards are available to determine the temperature
limits for these surfaces in order to minimise safety risks (skin bums, EN 563 1994).
However, no such standard is available for cold surfaces and for those working in such a cold
environment, accidental skin contact exposure and the resultant skin cooling could pose a
health and safety risk in terms of discomfort, pain, numbness and skin damage
Data was collected for the derivation of a cold surfaces safety standard (European Union
project SMT4-CT97-2149), providing a relation between material type, surface temperature
and risk of pain and frostbite for the index fingertip of the non-dominant hand, the overall
aim being to use the data to develop a predictive model of fingertip contact cooling allowing
the prediction for various materials, temperatures and body thermal states within and outside
the actual tested ranges. [Continues.]
Funding
Loughborough University, Faculty of Science. European Union (project SMT4-CT97-2149).
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