Personal exposure during industrial process for glass breaking - Glassware

Various industrial processes create exposure to Ultra fine particles. In case of engineered nanomaterials this is explicit. However, some processes create high exposure rates without EMN being involved. In this study, carried out by ArboNet (Dutch EHS organisation) in cooperation with software partner PIMEX the production of LCD screens with coatings based on nano-size particles was investigated. NanoTracers were used for personal mobile measurement as well as background sensing. Reference sensor was a SMPS. It was found that the production of the screens did not lead to high exposure rates. However, the breaking of wast glass did indicate high levels of UFP exposure. By adapting the work instructions this could be significantly reduced. See this YouTube movie : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT3JGvJAKrc