Professional paper
LIGHTING IN ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY WORK ENVIRONMENT
Jagoda Doko Jelinić
; ŠNZ "A. Štampar", Zagreb, Hrvatska
Maja Gorenc
; Zdravstveno veleučilište, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Ankica Senta Marić
; ŠNZ "A. Štampar", Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
The paper explores the problems of workplace lighting in aluminium industry. For this purpose, the results of mandatory periodic measurements of physical factors at the workplaces in the factory were used. The level of illumination was measured in the workplace without the presence of daylight. The measured values were compared with the minimum permitted values set in the existing standards. The majority of workplaces have low visual task requirements, 97 (61.4%) while 61 (38.6%) of workplaces have high visual task requirements. The lower intensity of illumination was measured in 56 (33.9%) workplaces: in 39 (69.6%) with low visual task requirements and 17 (30.4%) with high visual task requirements. The greatest number of workplaces where the level of illumination did not meet the minimum requirements was in the Anode Plant (48.9%), and in the Cast House (39.1%). In the Electrolysis Plant lighting was the best, where only three workplaces had values below those recommended. The causes of inadequate lighting were found to be in poor maintenance and irregular lighting inspections.
Keywords
lighting; workplaces; aluminium industry
Hrčak ID:
62381
URI
Publication date:
17.12.2010.
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