Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.31306/s.68.2.4
Risk assessment of physical hazards in foundries
Ljiljana Srečec
; Metalurški fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 44000 Sisak, Hrvatska
Anita Begić Hadžipašić
orcid.org/0009-0009-0471-1030
; Metalurški fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Sisak, Hrvatska
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Sandra Brajčinović
orcid.org/0000-0003-2633-1492
; Metalurški fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Sisak, Hrvatska
* Dopisni autor.
Sažetak
Physical hazards include noise, vibrations, light, radiation and microclimatic conditions and can pose a potential risk to the health and safety of workers, but also to the environment. Nowadays, great efforts are made to reduce the risk of physical hazards and their consequences, but there are activities in which it is impossible to eliminate all risks. Foundries are closed spaces where evaporation, smoke, dust, noise, elevated temperatures occurred, workers work in a forced body position, manipulate with large and heavy objects, molten metal,which is resulting in great stress to the body. Unfortunately, jobs in foundries, due to the nature of the process itself, have unfavourable working conditions and are classified as jobs with special working conditions. Employees assigned to jobs with special working conditions are at potential risk of developing an occupational disease regardless of the use of personal protective equipment.
In this paper the physical hazards that occur during work processes in foundries, with reference to other dangers, hazards and efforts encountered by employees during the metalworking process are discussed.
Ključne riječi
risk assessment, physical hazards, foundries, working conditions
Hrčak ID:
348906
URI
Datum izdavanja:
6.7.2026.
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