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Workers' understanding of chemical risks: electroplating case study.

机译：工人对化学危险的理解：电镀案例研究。

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BACKGROUND: There is limited research concerning how small companies in particular, respond to health and safety messages. AIMS: To understand individuals' knowledge and beliefs about chemical risks and to compare these with those of experts. METHODS: The use of chromic acid in particular, and also other chemicals associated with chrome plating were studied. All chromium plating firms were based in the West Midlands. The methodology involved initial face to face interviews (n = 21) with chromium platers, structured questionnaires (n = 84) to test the prevalence of beliefs identified in the interviews, an expert questionnaire, and a workshop to discuss findings. The responses of platers were compared with those of occupational health and safety experts. RESULTS: Although chromium platers appeared to understand the short term adverse effects of the chemicals to which they are exposed, their understanding of long term, or chronic effects appeared to be incomplete. They had good knowledge of acute effects based primarily on experience. Platers were aware of the hazardous nature of the chemicals with which they work, but did not draw distinction between the terms hazards the chemicals and how exposure might occur; although it is inappropriate to equate this with lack of knowledge. A significant minority of platers displayed deficiencies in understanding key technical terms used in Safety Data Sheets. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides a method which can be used to gain some understanding of workers' knowledge and beliefs about risks that they are exposed to in the workplace. The study also identifies gaps between the platers' knowledge and beliefs and those of experts. New risk information needs to be designed which addresses the information needs of platers using language that they understand.
机译：背景：关于特别是小公司如何响应健康和安全信息的研究很少。目的：了解个人对化学风险的知识和信念，并将其与专家的知识和信念进行比较。方法：特别研究了铬酸的使用以及与镀铬有关的其他化学物质。所有镀铬公司都位于西米德兰兹郡。该方法包括使用铬电镀机进行的初次面对面访谈（n = 21），结构化问卷（n = 84）以检验访谈中确定的信念的普遍性，专家问卷以及讨论结果的研讨会。比较了镀金工人和职业健康与安全专家的反应。结果：尽管镀铬者似乎了解所接触化学物质的短期不良影响，但他们对长期或慢性影响的了解似乎并不完整。他们主要基于经验对急性影响有很好的知识。电镀工人意识到与他们一起工作的化学物质的危险性质，但并未在危险化学物质和可能如何发生暴露之间划清界线。尽管将其等同于缺乏知识是不合适的。极少数的电镀工人在理解安全数据表中使用的关键技术术语时表现出不足。结论：本研究提供了一种方法，可用于对工人在工作场所所面临的风险的知识和信念有一些了解。该研究还确定了镀金者与专家之间的知识和信念之间的差距。需要设计新的风险信息，以使用他们理解的语言来满足镀金者的信息需求。

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