Laboratory and field measurements of bucking bar vibrations

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• Personal Author:
  Dong, Ren G. ; McDowell, Thomas W. ; Warren C ; Welcome DE ; Xu-XS
• Description:
  In an on-going collaboration with the 72nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron, Bioenvironmental Engineering Flight at Tinker Air Force Base (AFB) in Oklahoma, the Physical Effects Research Team (PERT) from the NIOSH Health Effects Laboratory Division is studying hand-transmitted vibration (HTV) emissions of riveting tools. The goal of these endeavors is to reduce occupational HTV exposures to aircraft assembly and maintenance workers. One of the primary methods for reducing HTV exposures at Tinker AFB is the practice of identifying and selecting reduced-vibration tools. To assist in these efforts, the PERT team completed an earlier study to evaluate reduced-vibration riveting hammers. 1 In the present study, the NIOSH team turned its attention to the bucking bar side of the manual riveting process. The specific aims of the present study were to develop a laboratory-based methodology for assessing rivet bucking bar vibrations, to evaluate a number of traditional and innovative bucking bar models in the lab and in the workplace, and to compare the lab and field results. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aircraft Engineering Environmental Monitoring Maintenance Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Vibration
• Keywords:
  Aircraft-parts-and-auxiliary-equipment Emission-sources Employee-exposure Engineering-controls Exposure-assessment Hand-tools Industrial-factory-workers Injury-prevention Maintenance-workers Military-personnel Physical-reactions Physiological-effects Pneumatic-tools Power-tools Tools Vibration-effects Vibration-exposure Vibration-pickups Work-analysis Work-intervals Work-performance Work-practices

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• Publisher:
  University of Guelph
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• 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:
  63-64
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045705
• Citation:
  Human vibration - from theory to industrial and clinical applications, proceedings of the fifth American Conference on Human Vibration, June 10-13, 2014, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Oliver M, ed. Guelph, Ontario, Canada: University of Guelph, 2014 Jun; :63-64
• Editor(s):
  Oliver M
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Manufacturing
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Human vibration - from theory to industrial and clinical applications, proceedings of the fifth American Conference on Human Vibration, June 10-13, 2014, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201020/cdc_201020_DS1.pdf
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