Incorporating a finger adapter into ISO 10819 assessments to measure the vibration transmissibility of gloves at the fingers

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• Personal Author:
  Asaki T ; Brammer, A. J. ; Cherniack, Martin G. ; Kudernatsch S ; Peterson, D. R.
• Description:
  Personal protective equipment (PPE), which is meant to protect workers from unwanted injuries, is widely mandated in nearly every industry around the world. Gloves are one of the most commonly used PPE, especially for the protection of exposure to excessive levels of vibration originating from the use of vibratory equipment. Even though the effects of vibration exposures to the hand-arm system have been extensively studied, the practical effectiveness of vibration-reducing (VR) gloves remains unclear, especially at the fingers, where vibration exposure symptoms occur. ISO 108191, which requires glove designs to have no more than a single layer of resilient material less than or equal to 8 mm thick on the palmar side of the hand, provides a standardized approach to testing gloves for their effectiveness in reducing vibration but is limited to only testing transmissibility at the palm. Large reductions in vibration exposures can be obtained in gloves that use thick resilient materials but these gloves are bulky and severely limit finger dexterity. Previous studies have shown that the biodynamic response at the finger pads are significantly different from the palm and suggest that glove test should include finger measurements for accuracy and practicality. In this study, assessments of various VR and non-VR gloves were conducted according to ISO 10819 but with the addition of assessing finger transmissibility using a newly designed and validated finger adapter. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Safety Vibration
• Keywords:
  Analytical-instruments Biodynamics Dexterity Equipment-reliability Exposure-assessment Gloves Hand-protection Materials-testing Noise-levels Noise-transmission Noise-waves Performance-capability Personal-protective-equipment Physiological-measurements Protective-clothing Standards Testing-equipment Vibration-control Vibration-exposure Vibration-pickups Vibration-suppressors

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• Publisher:
  University of Guelph
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  33-34
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045779
• 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; :33-34
• Editor(s):
  Oliver M
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction ; Manufacturing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Dentistry
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• 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
• End Date:
  20130831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201067/cdc_201067_DS1.pdf
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