Typical Whole Body Vibration Exposure Magnitudes Encountered in the Open Pit Mining Industry

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• Personal Author:
  Bloswick D ; Howard B ; Sesek R
• Description:
  According to recent research, a causal link has been established between occupational exposure to whole body vibration and an increased occurrence of low back pain. To aid in the further development of an in-house health and safety program for a large open pit mining facility interested in reducing back pain among its operators, whole body vibration magnitudes were characterized for a range of jobs. Specifically, thirty-five individual jobs from five different areas across the facility were evaluated for tri-axial acceleration levels during normal operating conditions. Tri-axial acceleration magnitudes were categorized into thirteen job groups. Job groups were ranked according to exposure and compared to the ISO 2631-1 standard for health risk assessment. Three of the thirteen job groups produced tri-axial acceleration magnitudes below the ISO 2631-1 low/moderate health caution limit for a twelve hour exposure. Six of the thirteen job groups produced exposures within the moderate health risk range. Four job groups were found to subject operators to WBV acceleration magnitudes above the moderate/high health caution limit. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biological Factors Environmental Monitoring Ergonomics Mining Musculoskeletal System Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Vibration Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Whole Body Vibration Biological-factors Biological-systems Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Exposure-methods Injuries Injury-prevention Miners Mining Mining-industry Musculoskeletal-system Occupational-exposure Risk-factors Statistical-analysis Vibration-effects Vibration-exposure Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• ISSN:
  1051-9815
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 8 ; Utah
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  297-303
• Volume:
  34
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20036248
• Citation:
  Work 2009 Nov; 34(3):297-303
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Performing Organization:
  University of Utah
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Work
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f33a22e94e746cb520b590165868a51d5cf6d9fc7add92863a6cd01f1aa09a164c615c4beee21c418116a7adb8504202dfe8dc585bd1d94509d55ff432ed48ce
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187740/cdc_187740_DS1.pdf
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