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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (OHS) DURING VACUUMPRESS DRYING OF WOOD

Conventional convective kiln drying is nowadays the most common way of drying wood in the Republic of Croatia, but it takes a relatively long time for the wood to dry. Therefore, wood processing companies have lately been investing in vacuum- press kilns. Those kilns allow them certain flexibility and speed to respond to customer requests, since the drying processes in them are usually much shorter. Since vacuum-press technology is a novelty in wood processing companies in the Republic of Croatia, in this paper vacuum-press drying process in one Croatian wood processing company was analysed from the point of occupational health and safety. The hazards which are present during the preparation and implementation of drying in vacuum-press kilns were detected and basic guidelines for safe operation in accordance with ISO 9001 standard are proposed.

wood drying ; vacuum-press ; occupational health and safety ; safety instructions ; ISO 9001

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