Viegas, CarlaFaria, TiagoCaetano, Liliana AranhaCarolino, ElisabeteViegas, Susana2017-05-152017-05-152017Viegas C, Faria T, Caetano LA, Carolino E, Viegas S. Pilot study regarding vehicles cabinets and elevator: neglected workstations in occupational exposure assessment? In: Arezes et al. editors. Occupational safety and hygiene V. London: Taylor & Francis; 2017. p. 283-8.978-1-138-05761-6http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/7001Este trabalho foi financiado pelo Concurso Anual para Projetos de Investigação, Desenvolvimento, Inovação e Criação Artística (IDI&CA) 2016 do Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa. Código de referência: IPL/2016/W2E_ESTeSLIn several ossupational settings have been reported organic dust occupational exposure and in many is common tu use vehicles to transport raw material and final products or even elevators to guarantee workers and material transportation within the facilities. Measurements of particles and sample colection to assess fungal burden were done during the use of one docker's crane, one fork lift and one elevator in waste industry. All reference air sample presented much less air fungal contamination thet inside de cabins. Statistically significant differences were detected in the mass concentration for almost all particles sizes between the cabins and the background where the vehicles was circulating. This pilot study suggests that workers carry fungi from their outdoor work into vehicles cabinets and elevator and exposure to particles still occurs in the cabins. To reduce exposure focus should be on interventions related with ventilation and good hygene parctices.engOccupational exposureOrganic dustFungal exposureVehicles cabinsAir samplesWaste industryIPL/2016/W2E_ESTeSLbook part10.1201/9781315164809-53