How to Compare Alternative Vibration Measures with Acceleration Measures

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• Personal Author:
  Dong, Ren G. ; McDowell, Thomas W. ; Welcome DE ; Wu, John Z.
• Description:
  A good strategy for evaluating an alternative vibration measure such as vibration power absorption (VP A) is to compare it with weighted and unweighted acceleration values that have been applied to investigate hand-arm vibration exposures for many years. Several studies have made such comparisons, but there have been conflicting conclusions. This is primarily because different comparison methods were used in these studies. To resolve these contradictions, the first objective of this study was to identify an appropriate comparison method. As the second objective, the identified method was used to examine relationships between location-specific VP As and acceleration measures. This study found that the vibration power absorbed in the palm-wrist-arm system is reasonably correlated with ISO-weighted acceleration, but that absorbed in the fingers is highly correlated with unweighted acceleration. The implications of the findings are discussed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety Vibration
• Keywords:
  Analytical-processes Vibration-exposure Vibration-monitors
• Publisher:
  Associazione Italiana di Acustica
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  349-358
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032518
• Citation:
  11th International Conference on Hand-Arm-Vibration, June 3-7, 2007, Bologna, Italy. Bovenzi M, Peretti A, Nataletti P, Moschioni-G, eds., Bologna, Italy: Associazione Italiana di Acustica, 2007 Jun; :349-358
• Editor(s):
  Bovenzi M; Peretti A; Nataletti P; Moschioni G
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  11th International Conference on Hand-Arm-Vibration, June 3-7, 2007, Bologna, Italy
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186458/cdc_186458_DS1.pdf
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