Health & Safety in the Rubber Industry

Author: N. Chaiear
Published: 2001
Number of Pages: 136 (This is a soft-backed is from the Rapra Review Reports, Vol. 12, No. 6, Report 138.)

This report takes a broad overview of the rubber industry and highlights the key concerns over safety that are currently being raised. The statistics on the incidence of accidents are reviewed. The rubber industry has been highlighted as having a higher rate of accidents than other similar industries. Measures that can be taken to avoid injury from machinery are discussed, including advice from the International Labour Organization on mill safety. The review is accompanied by around 400 abstracts from the Rapra Polymer Library database, to facilitate further reading on this subject.

Author / Editor Details: The author has worked in occupational medicine in Thailand and in the UK, surveying workers and health effects. She has published papers on the incidence of latex allergy in different parts of the rubber industry, from the plantation workers through to the product manufacturers.