The Importance of Prevention When Working with Hazardous Materials in the Case of Serpentinite and Asbestos When Cleaning Monuments for Restoration.

[EN]Health risks are often overlooked when the consequences are not evident in the short term. In restoration work, some activities can generate particles that may affect the health of workers through inhalation (e.g., cleaning of buildings or heritage artifacts composed of stone). Workers at quarri...

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Autores: Pereira Gómez, María Dolores, López, Ana J., Ramil, Alberto, Bloise, Andrea
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repositorio:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
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Palabra clave:Ocupational safety
Serpentinite
Asbestos
2506 Geología
2506.11 Mineralogía
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spelling The Importance of Prevention When Working with Hazardous Materials in the Case of Serpentinite and Asbestos When Cleaning Monuments for Restoration.Pereira Gómez, María DoloresLópez, Ana J.Ramil, AlbertoBloise, AndreaOcupational safetySerpentiniteAsbestos2506 Geología2506.11 Mineralogía[EN]Health risks are often overlooked when the consequences are not evident in the short term. In restoration work, some activities can generate particles that may affect the health of workers through inhalation (e.g., cleaning of buildings or heritage artifacts composed of stone). Workers at quarries are also exposed to such materials and, therefore, the results of our work can help to increase the risk perception in workers from the stone sector, but also in construction workers in an environment associated with dust. To demonstrate the importance of protection to prevent health hazards, we laser-ablated some samples of serpentinite that contain serpentine minerals as major phase minerals. The powder obtained in filters coupled to the ablation laser was analysed, using tools such as an optical microscope, X-ray powder diffraction, a transmission electron microscope and thermal analysis. The results were very didactic, and the intention is to use them, by way of graphics and diagrams, to build information security sheets that will alert workers to the need of using masks when working, or to use tools with coupled filters such as the one used for our study. The main goal is to demonstrate that the interdisciplinary combination of scientific approaches can be used for the sake of human health.GIR CHARROCKmdpi202420242022info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10366/154698reponame:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamancainstname:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)InglésThis research was funded by the University of Salamanca, grant number 2016/00218/001; the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology, grant number PID2021-123948OB-I00; and Ministero italiano dell’Università e della Ricerca (MIUR) Progetti di Ricerca di Interesse Nazionale (PRIN) Italy 20173 × 8WA4.Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:gredos.usal.es:10366/1546982026-06-07T06:28:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Importance of Prevention When Working with Hazardous Materials in the Case of Serpentinite and Asbestos When Cleaning Monuments for Restoration.
title The Importance of Prevention When Working with Hazardous Materials in the Case of Serpentinite and Asbestos When Cleaning Monuments for Restoration.
spellingShingle The Importance of Prevention When Working with Hazardous Materials in the Case of Serpentinite and Asbestos When Cleaning Monuments for Restoration.
Pereira Gómez, María Dolores
Ocupational safety
Serpentinite
Asbestos
2506 Geología
2506.11 Mineralogía
title_short The Importance of Prevention When Working with Hazardous Materials in the Case of Serpentinite and Asbestos When Cleaning Monuments for Restoration.
title_full The Importance of Prevention When Working with Hazardous Materials in the Case of Serpentinite and Asbestos When Cleaning Monuments for Restoration.
title_fullStr The Importance of Prevention When Working with Hazardous Materials in the Case of Serpentinite and Asbestos When Cleaning Monuments for Restoration.
title_full_unstemmed The Importance of Prevention When Working with Hazardous Materials in the Case of Serpentinite and Asbestos When Cleaning Monuments for Restoration.
title_sort The Importance of Prevention When Working with Hazardous Materials in the Case of Serpentinite and Asbestos When Cleaning Monuments for Restoration.
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pereira Gómez, María Dolores
López, Ana J.
Ramil, Alberto
Bloise, Andrea
author Pereira Gómez, María Dolores
author_facet Pereira Gómez, María Dolores
López, Ana J.
Ramil, Alberto
Bloise, Andrea
author_role author
author2 López, Ana J.
Ramil, Alberto
Bloise, Andrea
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author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ocupational safety
Serpentinite
Asbestos
2506 Geología
2506.11 Mineralogía
topic Ocupational safety
Serpentinite
Asbestos
2506 Geología
2506.11 Mineralogía
description [EN]Health risks are often overlooked when the consequences are not evident in the short term. In restoration work, some activities can generate particles that may affect the health of workers through inhalation (e.g., cleaning of buildings or heritage artifacts composed of stone). Workers at quarries are also exposed to such materials and, therefore, the results of our work can help to increase the risk perception in workers from the stone sector, but also in construction workers in an environment associated with dust. To demonstrate the importance of protection to prevent health hazards, we laser-ablated some samples of serpentinite that contain serpentine minerals as major phase minerals. The powder obtained in filters coupled to the ablation laser was analysed, using tools such as an optical microscope, X-ray powder diffraction, a transmission electron microscope and thermal analysis. The results were very didactic, and the intention is to use them, by way of graphics and diagrams, to build information security sheets that will alert workers to the need of using masks when working, or to use tools with coupled filters such as the one used for our study. The main goal is to demonstrate that the interdisciplinary combination of scientific approaches can be used for the sake of human health.
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