Proceeding of the Faculty of technical Sciences, Novi Sad

Environment and Occupational Safety Engineering

Vol. 35 No. 05 (2020): Proceedings of the Faculty of Technical Sciences

ASSESSMENT OF MICROWAVE OVEN'S LIFE CYCLE IMPACTS ON THE WORKERS

  • Marina Jakovljević
  • Boris Agarski
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24867/07HZ02Jakovljevic
Submitted
April 30, 2020
Published
2020-04-30

Abstract

Research within the paper was realized in three parts. The first part provides the theoretical foundations of Social Life Cycle Assessment, as well as a method for assessing the impact of the life cycle on the workers (WE-LCA). In the second part WE-LCA method was applied to assess the life cycle impacts of microwaves on workers. The obtained results are presented in tabular and graphical form and showed a probability of occu­rrence of fatal accidents, cancer, psycho-social diseases, central nervous system function disorder, hearing damages, allergic and non-allergic airway diseases, skin diseases, muscolo-sceletal disorders and other accidents.

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