Obiettivo The aim of this research, to be carried out together with twelve steel manufacturers, is to improve safety within those manufacturers' works and make a more general contribution to safety in steel production by encouraging machinery manufacturers, with whom close contacts will be maintained during the research, to design and construct plant and equipment to take account of hazards, incorporating the findings of this project where appropriate.1. The probability of accidents in small size steel shops and rolling mills depends mainly on the amount of investment to better the technological level.2. Workers training on the general themes of the safety do not reduce accidents.3. The work organisation of the rolling mill is intrinsically more dangerous for the safety than that of the steel shops.4. The large use of gloves and protective shoes is not enough to prevent accidents to the hands and the feet.5. An improved use of protective glasses and helmets could reduce eye and head injuries.6. The accident risk seems to be correlated to the geometrical shape of the work flux.The participating companies have in recent years introduced major internal changes by modernising their plant, which was necessary to remain competitive and keep pace with technological progress. The usual approach to modernisation has been the gradual replacement of mechanical, manually controlled plant by new machinery controlled by microprocessors. Safety problems were certainly considered when these changes were introduced, though apparently not to a sufficient extent, as the fall in the number of accidents expected as a result of the reduced amount of contact between men and machines has not materialised, with different hazards connected with the change from manual operation to automatic systems emerging.New machinery must, for economic reasons, be put into service as soon as possible, but often this does not allow the workforce to become sufficiently acquainted with it. Above all, workers do not have time to adapt to new methods of working which are completely different from previous procedures.More specifically, the study will look at the following problems which have been clearly identified in the participating firms:- ways of reducing the number of cases of burns and scalds during the refining phase in electric arc furnaces;- the safety aspects involved in the start of continuous casting, with specific reference to splashes of molten steel which may strike workers;- the problems of removing blockages in rolling mills.All the firms participating in this joint project have realised the need to work together on safety research in order to be able to pool their experience, rationalise research work and improve the quality of research by observing the performance of identical or similar machinery in different circumstances, studying human behaviour in different plants, and comparing organisational structures and working procedures.%Participating in the project also gives the firms an opportunity to introduce a system of statistical surveys of accidents, based on the rudimentary system currently in use only at Alfa Acciai.At this stage consideration will be given to the harmonisation of terminology and of methods of identifying, measuring and assessing risks to worker's health and safety. Programma(i) ECSC-WORKSAFE C - First joint research programme (ECSC) "Safety in the European Coal and Steel Community industries", 1989-1993 Argomento(i) 1 - General safety requirements Invito a presentare proposte Data not available Meccanismo di finanziamento Data not available Coordinatore Università degli Studi di Milano Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Via dei Valtorta 21 20127 Milano Italia Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato
