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FILE NAME Brakes BRK DATE 1981 Dec DOC BRK079 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION International Metalworker Federation Bulletin - Occupational Health and Safety INTERNATIONAL METALWORKERS FEDERATION President EUGEN LODERER General Secretary HERMAN REBHAN Editor MARCELLO MALENTACCHI IMF Bulletin on Occupational Health and Safety No. 10 DECEMBER 1981 OIL SPECIAL meer ennee Since the beginning of industrialisation various cutting HEALTH HAZARDS re fluids and cutting oils have been used in machine processing in turning cutting drilling honing and screw threading Oils may cause injuries The oils used in industry may give rise to serious illness and this goes for all types of industrial oils The cutting liquid is used e.g . chill tools and parts being machined , to lubricate tools and parts being machined . remove chips . to prolong the lifespan of costly tools There are five main groups of cutting liquids EFFECT ON THE SKIN Cutting oils and fluids may cause different kinds of skin ailments in the form of irritation and injuries such as oil acne abscesses blackheads allergic and allergic contact eczemas as well as skin cancer 1. Straight cutting oils based on mineral oil with a called EP additive extreme pressure additive 2. Pure cutting oils based on mineral oils or fatty oils without additive OIL ACNE ABSCESSES AND BLACKHEADS It is mainly the called straight oils which cause these ailments Due to the fact that many machines most of them are designed so that the workers handling them become wet or get their hands and arms splashed with 3. Compound cutting oils based on mixed oils miner- cutting oils the risk for skin problems is very great al oils fatty oils and additives The mechanism which releases the ailments may on the 4. Emulsifiable cutting oils straight or compound cutting oils with emulsifier added a one hand be a chemical irritation of hair follicles and sebaceous glands on the other hand the skin may become covered with oil so that called blackheads are 5. Synthetic cutting fluids water solution of triethan- formed These may eventually lead to an inflammation olamine and nitrite with additive which can develop into oil acne 1227 GENEVA SWITZERLAND RTE DES ACACIAS bis TEL 50 TELEX 23 298 METAL CH TELEGRAMME INTERMETAL GENEVA eat ILO EXPERT MEETING ON ASBESTOS ASBESTOS BRAKE LININGS ILO expert group on the use of asbestos held a meeting in Geneva on October 5-14 1981 at the ILO headquarters where various countries were represented | For some years General Motors in North America have been producing cars equipped with asbestos brake linings In a letter from GM to the Swedish National Board of Health and Safety the company says As usual the employers were in the majority In face of | ad their strong opposition the trade union representatives The objective of General Motors is to deliver by 1984 none the less succeeded in convincing the ILO that | all cars with asbestos brake linings both on front asbestos is a hazardous material and that it must be (and rear brakes replaced by less dangerous materials as soon as possible . : A similar decision has been taken by SAAB following The meeting concluded among other things that positive results in producing asbestos brake linings T IMF Swedish and Norwegian affiliates have demanded . guidelines on asbestos must be worked out by the that all cars which at present are equipped with brakes ILO They should be applicable to all countries and containing asbestos shall be constructed with asbestos- TOMER formulated in an easily accessible and understand- able way so that both employers and workers all over the world can use them free materials In accordance with IMF policy other unions should be all hazardous asbestos substances should be replaced putting forward similar demands RERERIRSIE ye SAR as soon as possible by hazardous or less danger- Demand that brake linings and chocks which contain +0) ous materials asbestos be replaced immediately by asbestos ones ! It is not only for health reasons that asbestos brakes the scientific basis as regards asbestos hazards which are a good thing they are also economically advanta- . is already at our disposal will suffice for the ILO to geous as they have a longer lifespan without reduced make a start in drawing up guidelines efficiency .& IMF Bulletin No. 10 - 4 ALTHOUGH TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT HAS CHANGED AND IMPROVED WORKPLACES WE STILL FACE GREAT PROBLEMS OF WORKING ENVIRONMENT SUCH AS EXPOSURE TO OIL This is how a modern workshop looked in the 1930s The same workshop wer 40 years later