Effectiveness of gutter brushes in removing street sweeping waste

Vanegas-Useche, Libardo V.; Wahab, Magd Abdel; Parker, Graham A.

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2009.09.036

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“…7 Although the exact occupational risk factors are not known among Bangladeshi street sweepers, existing literatures show that sweeping activities in other countries are often require exposure to large amount of dust, bio-aerosol, volatile organic matter, airborne particulates, bacteria, noise, and ergonomic stress while working. [8][9][10][11][12] The susceptibility to develop many occupational health problems increases throughout their lives. The usual sweeping practices, perceived occupational risk factors and level of knowledge about health safety of street sweepers in Dhaka are not known although the need for protection and promotion of health and safety at workplaces has been the focused in a number of policy documents, such as the WHO constitution, Alma Ata Declaration, and Health for All strategies.…”

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Sweeping practices, perceptions and knowledge about occupational safety and health hazards of street sweepers in Dhaka city, Bangladesh: a qualitative inquiry

Kabir

Farhana

Akter

et al. 2015

Int J Community Med Public Health

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INTRODUCTIONWork related safety and health hazards are a major public health concern worldwide and are under-researched especially in low and middle income countries. 1 According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 58 percent of the global population spends one-third of their time at work during adulthood.2 Therefore, the issue of work related safety has gathered increasing attention in the public health domain. The prevalence and incidence of injuries and deaths have gradually risen over the years -approximately 0.9-2.3 million work related deaths were estimated by the International Labour Organization (ILO) worldwide in 2003.3 Furthermore, the ILO reported in the same year that there were an estimated 358,000 fatal occupational accidents, 337 million occupational accidents and 160 million occupational diseases worldwide. 4 Higher prevalence of injuries and death were ABSTRACT Background: Street sweepers play important roles for keeping the cities clean. Their works entail removing of debris from streets, collecting solid waste, disposing and recycling waste material. Consequently, they have higher chances to be exposed to numerous risk factors; therefore, their occupational safety and health hazard became crucial. There is little evidence about the sweeping practices, perceptions and knowledge on their occupational safety and health hazards. The objective of the study is to explore current sweeping practices, perceived risk and the level of knowledge of a group of street sweepers of Dhaka city. Methods: An explorative qualitative research design was used. We conducted 15 IDIs, 8 KIIs and 5 FGDs with Telegu street sweepers, community and religious leaders and NGO workers in two different sweeper colonies in Dhaka City. Results: Due to the manual handling process, the street sweepers are often exposed to a variety of risks factorsexhaust fumes, extreme noise, toxic substances and dust particles. Frequent infections and injuries were reported commonly as they lack basic safety equipment's during works. Low perceived health hazards were prevalent. Strong faith-based explanations were found to rationalize possible health hazards. Conclusions: A number of socio-economic factors influence the level of knowledge and risk perception. Interventions on awareness building program coupled with behaviour change counselling (BCC) activities would be appropriate to address the lack of knowledge on health hazards and low risks perception.

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Sweeping practices, perceptions and knowledge about occupational safety and health hazards of street sweepers in Dhaka city, Bangladesh: a qualitative inquiry

Kabir

Farhana

Akter

et al. 2015

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…The results of sweeping tests with non-oscillatory brushes were reported in a previous work (Vanegas-Useche et al, 2010).…”

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“…Taking into account the imprecise nature of the assessment of effectiveness, the results would suggest that brush oscillations affect neither negative nor positive the effectiveness, which is similar to the case of medium-size gravel. The following configurations are recommended for loose small and fine particles (Vanegas-Useche et al, 2010): x = 100 rpm, b = 15°, D = 20 mm, for the F128 brush, and x = 100 rpm, b = 15°, D = 5 mm, for the cutting brush. The speed of the road sweeper may be 0.6 m/s ($2 km/h) or smaller, depending on the effectiveness desired.…”

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“…In particular, the effectiveness of gutter brushes in removing different types of debris seems to have been studied only by the MSRR Research group at The University of Surrey (Abdel-Wahab et al, 2011;Vanegas-Useche et al, 2010). These works study the effectiveness of gutter brushes in removing different debris types: large objects, medium-size gravel, small and fine particles, wet thin debris, and wet and dry mud.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These works study the effectiveness of gutter brushes in removing different debris types: large objects, medium-size gravel, small and fine particles, wet thin debris, and wet and dry mud. Further details on the research on street sweeping and brushing technology may be found in previous works (Abdel-Wahab et al, 2011;Vanegas-Useche et al, 2010, 2006.…”

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confidence: 99%

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