Case Study Using Task-Based, Noise-Exposure Assessment Methods to Evaluate Miner Noise Hazards

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• Personal Author:
  Bise CJ ; Seal AB
• Description:
  Excessive noise has long been a hazard in the coal-mining industry. Studies conducted during the mid-1970s and mid-1990s consistently show that hearing loss within the mining industry persists, in spite of regulatory requirements and sampling technology advances. When the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration's new health standards to protect miners from hearing loss took effect in September 2000, the potential developed to reevaluate sampling approaches with regard to noise-source hazards, such as task-based methods. This paper describes results from a Pennsylvania State University research project now being conducted at an underground coal mine. Each occupation was reviewed, and a list of tasks or processes performed by each was generated. Traditional personal noise dosimetry, static sound pressure levels and equipment sound mappings have been performed. Job tasks indicating the greatest levels of daily noise exposure and contributions to noise dose have been identified and will be discussed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Hearing Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Mining Noise Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Coal-miners Coal-mining Hearing-conservation Hearing-disorders Hearing-impairment Hearing-loss Mining-industry Noise-exposure Noise-induced-hearing-loss Underground-miners Underground-mining

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• ISSN:
  0026-5187
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  44-48
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034250
• Citation:
  Min Eng 2002 Nov; 54(11):44-48
• Contact Point Address:
  Pennsylvania State University, Mining Engineering Program, University Park, PA 16802 USA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Hearing Loss
• Performing Organization:
  Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19981201
• Source Full Name:
  Mining Engineering
• End Date:
  20040531
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:711c7a7bf9e8de8dbea3c4f2681b5526b700bbab21c6bf3c68e87ddbf120cd5bb4fbf3620ff753c27beee37f8c678c9eeeb05df0fd49db467c5472762eca0f56
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189537/cdc_189537_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.08 MB ]