Woodworkers need to wear gas masks

In recent years, with the improvement of people’s living standards, the demand for wood products has also increased. The prosperity of the wood products market has also led to a series of problems. Workers engaged in the processing of wood products suffer from increased occupational diseases. Whether the company is Workers are equipped with qualified personal protective equipment and are closely related to the health of workers.

Several known hazards in the processing of wood products

In the production process of wooden furniture, three processes such as cutting, processing, and grinding produce a large amount of dust and noise; three processes of painting, painting, and painting will emit a large number of chemical poisons due to the use of organic solvents.

There are more than 30 kinds of chemical poisons in the workplace of wood furniture and wood-based panel manufacturing companies. Among them, 4 kinds of highly toxic substances are mainly benzene, formaldehyde, aniline and toluene diisocyanate; more than 20 kinds of poisons are mainly toluene, Xylene, n-hexane, butyl acetate, methyl chloride, methanol, acetone, vinyl acetate, ethyl acetate, and the like.

Benzene, which is a carcinogen, mainly damages the nervous system and hematopoietic system and can cause dizziness, headache, coma, convulsions, aplastic anemia, leukemia, and even death.

Formaldehyde is a carcinogenic and teratogenic substance and has a damaging effect on various human cells. Can cause headaches, heart palpitations, bronchial asthma, pulmonary edema, erosion of nose and mouth, nasopharyngeal cancer and so on.

Aniline mainly damages the hematopoietic system and urinary system. Can cause hemolytic anemia, cystitis, hepatitis, urethral cancer, prostate cancer and so on.

Toluene diisocyanate, which mainly damages the respiratory system, can cause cyanosis, asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia, and pulmonary edema.

Contact with wood dust may cause respiratory diseases such as rhinitis, pharyngitis, conjunctivitis, bronchitis, and asthma. Can not ignore the furniture to produce coating dust, improper protection, high concentrations of inhalation can cause pneumoconiosis, great harm.

Surprising status quo

In the furniture industry, small and medium-sized enterprises and handicraft workshops occupy a considerable proportion. Due to the large number of employees, various occupational disease risk factors such as wood dust, formaldehyde, benzene series, ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, and noise are formed.

The responsible person of the national safety supervision department pointed out that the occupational hazard situation in China's wood furniture manufacturing enterprises is rather severe, reflected in four aspects: First, there are a large number of people exposed to occupational hazards. Nearly 1 million people are involved in the manufacturing of wooden furniture. Occupational hazards; Second, occupational hazards are very serious. Excessive toxic substances such as benzene, formaldehyde, and aniline were excessively severe. Third, the operating environment was poor, the occupational disease prevention facilities were extremely low, the employees' medical examination rate was low, and the occupational disease risk factor detection rate was low. Fourth, the awareness of employees was poor.

Enhance awareness of protection and strengthen personal protection

Enterprises should do well with targeted protective measures. First, we must clearly use chemical ingredients and possible health hazards. Procured chemical raw materials must be accompanied by Chinese manuals, and can further request quality inspection reports on the composition of product ingredients. Avoid the blind use of toxic chemicals, and eliminate the use of raw materials and toxic materials that are dangerous and illegal to produce toxic chemicals. Second, can replace water-based paint, UV paint and other non-toxic, low-toxic chemicals raw materials to replace the higher toxicity of raw materials. In the case that full containment cannot be guaranteed and no one is in contact, the use of highly chemicals is forbidden in principle.

Workers should also pay attention to personal protection. Personal protective equipment can block or reduce the harmful factors into the human body. Workers engaged in cutting, splicing, processing, grinding and other contact dust should wear dust masks. Workers who spray paint, glue, or paint to contact toxic chemicals should wear antivirus. Masks, protective clothing, hair caps, gloves, and gas masks. Contact noise should wear earplugs or earmuffs.

Numerous painful facts tell us that the importance of preventive measures is that while labor protection supplies cannot eliminate occupational hazards from the root, they can minimize all known hazards. The new year has come. We must strengthen our awareness of personal protection, use labor protection equipment correctly, work happily and live a happy life!

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