An assessment of occupational exposure to noise in the European oil industry (1989-1999)

Nov 17, 2001

Report no. 01/56: Daily personal noise exposure data available from member companies for European oil industry work environments (refinery, product distribution and others) were collected and analysed. Comparisons are made with historical data and with current EU...

Environmental classification of petroleum substances – summary data and rationale

Oct 21, 2001

Report no. 01/54: Environmental data on the fate and effects of petroleum substances are summarised. Technical issues relating to the choice of test methodology for the evaluation of environmental impacts of petroleum substances are discussed. Proposals for...

European downstream oil industry safety performance statistical summary of reported incidents – 2000

Oct 21, 2001

Report no. 3/01: The seventh such report by CONCAWE, this issue includes own employees as well as contractor data for the year 2000 from 20 companies (representing some 90% of the European refining capacity) and primarily covers the EU, EEA and Hungary. The data is...

A noise exposure threshold value for hearing conservation

Apr 17, 2001

Report no. 01/52: As part of a proposed EU directive for health and safety at work, a noise exposure threshold level of 75 decibels (A-weighted) over an 8-hour working day has been specified. This is stated to be the value below which continuous and/or repetitive...

Measurement of the number and mass weighted size distributions of exhaust particles emitted from European heavy duty engines

Jan 21, 2001

Report no. 01/51: This study investigates the measurement of the mass and the number of heavy duty automotive particle emissions and their related size distributions. Limited additional test work has investigated the effect of sampling and measurement conditions on...