Blood supply disturbances caused by vibrations.

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• Personal Author:
  Jancik G
• Description:
  In recent years, it has been observed that long-term use of hand- held tools that produce vibration may lead to disturbances in blood supply. These disturbances were detected in workers from different kinds of industry. In a specific base, metal workers showed these disturbances in the blood supply of the upper extremities after an exposure to the vibration for only 10 to 20 minutes per day. From two groups of these metal workers who did the same job with different tools, only one showed the disturbances in blood supply of the upper extremities. The only difference was seen in the range of the vibrations. Vibration of about 700 hertz led to the disturbances, whereas vibration of about 2.600 hertz did not.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Adhesives Aircraft Hydrocarbons Occupational Health Plastics Preceptorship Safety Solvents Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Cardiovascular-system-disorders Construction-Search Hand-tools Metalworking-industry Nervous-system-disorders Vibration Vibration-disease
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference/Symposia Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  9-11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00074778
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the international occupational hand-arm vibration conference, October 28-31, 1975, Cincinnati, Ohio. Wasserman DE, Taylor W, Curry MG, eds. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 77-170, 1977 Apr; :9-11
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e2e3d3276fa28d4e98e6b09a42864cc41c338598302f7a3037ac672736800e46fe343c90d52003f1d0aa02cd8b662e4a3027458a26a3dd8d426e6aaf990e71ad
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/178870/cdc_178870_DS1.pdf
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