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. 2019 Feb 16;76(4):259–267. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2018-105182

Table 2.

Job exposure matrix for rubber dust and rubber fumes (mg/m3) in the tyre and GRG industries

Rubber dust Rubber fumes
Department Crude materials and mixing Preprocessing and assembly Curing/Vulcanising Finishing, assembly and miscellaneous Crude materials and mixing Preprocessing and assembly Curing/Vulcanising Finishing, assembly and miscellaneous
Year Tyres GRG Tyres GRG Tyres GRG Tyres GRG Tyres GRG Tyres GRG Tyres GRG Tyres GRG
1915 50.00 50.00 0.96 1.49 0.82 0.95 1.62 0.95 50.00 50.00 0.93 0.80 1.48 2.06 0.12 0.13
1920 50.00 50.00 0.91 1.40 0.78 0.90 1.52 0.90 37.83 37.96 0.82 0.71 1.31 1.83 0.12 0.14
1925 50.00 50.00 0.86 1.32 0.74 0.86 1.43 0.84 27.05 27.15 0.73 0.63 1.16 1.63 0.12 0.14
1930 50.00 50.00 0.81 1.25 0.70 0.81 1.35 0.79 19.35 19.42 0.64 0.55 1.03 1.45 0.13 0.15
1935 50.00 50.00 0.76 1.18 0.66 0.77 1.27 0.75 13.84 13.88 0.57 0.49 0.92 1.29 0.13 0.15
1940 37.49 50.00 0.72 1.11 0.63 0.73 1.19 0.70 9.89 9.93 0.50 0.43 0.82 1.14 0.13 0.15
1945 27.13 43.90 0.68 1.05 0.60 0.70 1.12 0.66 7.08 7.10 0.45 0.38 0.73 1.01 0.14 0.16
1950 19.64 31.77 0.64 0.99 0.57 0.66 1.06 0.62 5.06 5.08 0.39 0.34 0.64 0.90 0.14 0.16
1955 14.22 23.00 0.60 0.93 0.54 0.63 0.99 0.59 3.62 3.63 0.35 0.30 0.57 0.80 0.14 0.16
1960 10.29 16.65 0.57 0.88 0.51 0.60 0.93 0.55 2.59 2.60 0.31 0.27 0.51 0.71 0.15 0.17
1965 7.45 12.05 0.54 0.83 0.49 0.57 0.88 0.52 1.85 1.86 0.27 0.23 0.45 0.63 0.15 0.17
1970 5.39 8.72 0.51 0.78 0.46 0.54 0.83 0.49 1.32 1.33 0.24 0.21 0.40 0.56 0.15 0.18
1975 3.90 6.31 0.48 0.74 0.44 0.51 0.78 0.46 0.95 0.95 0.21 0.18 0.36 0.50 0.16 0.18
1980 2.83 4.57 0.45 0.70 0.42 0.49 0.73 0.43 0.68 0.68 0.19 0.16 0.32 0.44 0.16 0.19
1985 2.04 3.31 0.43 0.66 0.40 0.46 0.69 0.41 0.48 0.49 0.17 0.14 0.28 0.39 0.16 0.19
1990 1.48 2.39 0.40 0.62 0.38 0.44 0.65 0.38 0.35 0.35 0.15 0.13 0.25 0.35 0.17 0.20
1995 1.07 1.73 0.38 0.59 0.36 0.42 0.61 0.36 0.25 0.25 0.13 0.11 0.22 0.31 0.17 0.20
2000 0.78 1.25 0.36 0.55 0.34 0.40 0.57 0.34 0.18 0.18 0.12 0.10 0.20 0.28 0.18 0.21
2002 0.68 1.10 0.35 0.54 0.33 0.39 0.56 0.33 0.16 0.16 0.11 0.09 0.19 0.26 0.18 0.21

GRG, general rubber good.