Nowakowicz-Dębek Bożena, Pawlak Halina, Wlazło Łukasz, Kuna-Broniowska Izabela, Bis-Wencel Hanna, Buczaj Agnieszka, Maksym Piotr
Department of Animal Hygiene and Environment, University of Life Sciences, Lublin, Poland.
Department of Technology Fundamentals, University of Life Sciences, Lublin, Poland.
Ann Agric Environ Med. 2014;21(4):718-22. doi: 10.5604/12321966.1129921.
A growing interest in the horse business has resulted in the increased engagement of many people in this area, and the health problems occurring among workers create the need to search for prophylactic measures.
The objective of the study was evaluation of the level of exposure to air pollution in a stable, and estimation of the degree of work load among workers engaged in tending horses.
The study was conducted twice, during the winter season, in a stable maintaining race horses, and in a social room. In order to evaluate workers' exposure, air samples were collected by the aspiration method. After the incubation of material, the total number of bacteria and fungi in the air was determined, as well as the number of aerobic mesophilic and thermophilic bacteria, expressed as the number of colony forming units per cubic meter of air (CFU/m3). The measurement of total dust concentration in the air was also performed, simultaneously with the measurement of microclimatic parameters. The study of work load also covered the measurement of energy expenditure, evaluation of static physical load, and monotony of movements performed.
The stable may be considered as a workplace with considerable risk of the occurrence of unfavourable health effects.
人们对马匹行业的兴趣日益浓厚，导致许多人更多地参与到这一领域，而从业者中出现的健康问题使得有必要寻找预防措施。
本研究的目的是评估马厩内空气污染的暴露水平，并估算从事马匹照料工作的人员的工作负荷程度。
该研究在冬季进行了两次，一次在一个饲养赛马的马厩内，另一次在一个社交室。为了评估工作人员的暴露情况，采用抽吸法采集空气样本。对采集的样本进行培养后，测定空气中细菌和真菌的总数，以及需氧嗜温菌和嗜热菌的数量，以每立方米空气中的菌落形成单位数（CFU/m³）表示。同时还进行了空气中总粉尘浓度的测量以及微气候参数的测量。工作负荷研究还包括能量消耗的测量、静态体力负荷的评估以及所执行动作的单调性评估。
该马厩可被视为一个存在相当大不利健康影响发生风险的工作场所。
