Technology News 548: Bit Isolator Reduces Drilling Noise in Underground Coal Mines

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Addressing the dominant noise source with engineering noise controls is the best method to protect workers from noise exposure. The bit isolator is an effective and easy-to-use noise control that reduces worker exposure to noise during RBM operation. Laboratory and field testing have shown this control to be practical and effective in protecting workers from noise exposure in underground coal mining. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Engineering Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Mining Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Mining-industry; Mining-equipment; Underground-miners; Underground-mining; Mine-workers; Noise; Noise-control; Noise-induced-hearing-loss; Noise-shielding; Noise-shields; Coal-mining; Coal-miners; Engineering-controls; Control-technology; Control-methods
• Source:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2012-124 (TN 548), 2012 Mar; :1-2
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Technology News
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Periodical
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OMSHR - Office of Mine Safety and Health Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Issue:
  548
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040439
• Contact Point Address:
  Lynn Alcorn, NIOSH Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, P.O. Box 18070, Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0070
• Email:
  LAlcorn@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:12e0b19cabefa339347892cbf3c5cbc593d2f91ac7ea64d7927256d5505dbd406c7829e647dc49dc7310e470b1a13feef14b75f9ea16acec0f6412ce0ec21d34
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/160956/cdc_160956_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 399.38 KB ]