Engineering and Health in Compressed Air Work - Proceedings of the International Conference, Oxford, September 1992

This book is the record of the conference held in Oxford in 1992 organised by CIRIA, and co-sponsored by the Health and Safety Executive, The British Tunnelling Society and the Medical Research Council's Hyperbaric Sciences Panel. The book consolidates international medical and engineering knowledge and experience on the use of compressed air and hyperbaric techniques, and looks to how they can be safely used in the future.

List of contents

Keynote lectures. Construction projects. Bone necrosis. Engineering design. Occupational health and safety. Decompression illness. Decompression illness and clinical practice. Codes and regulations. Developing technologies. Challenges for the future. Appendices. Index.

About the author

F. M. Jardine, R. I. McCallum

Summary

Presents the proceedings of the International CIRIA Conference, held in Oxford in September 1992. The papers review current knowledge, including international codes and research, in order to improve guidance on healthier working practices in compressed air work.

Product details

• Assisted by: F.M. Jardine (Editor), R.I. McCallum (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.10.1994
• EAN: 9780419184607
• ISBN: 978-0-419-18460-7
• No. of pages: 668
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 36 mm
• Weight: 1400 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Labour, economic and industrial sociology; ARCHITECTURE / Methods & Materials, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / General, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Health & safety issues, Health and safety in the workplace, Civil engineering, surveying and building