The Noise Exposures of Mobile Machine Operators in U.S. Surface Coal Mines and Noice Control Techniques

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• Personal Author:
  Aljoe, William W. ; Bartholomae, Roy C.
• Description:
  The reduction of the noise exposure of operators of mobile surface mine equipment has been a primary objective of the Bureau of Mines. Approximately 25,000 mobile equipment operators in U.S. surface coal mines (45 pet of the operators) are overexposed to noise. These mobile machines include bulldozers, front-end loaders, haulers, shovels, draglines, trucks, scrapers, drills, and motor graders. Bull-dozers and front-end loaders cause about two-thirds of the noise overexposures. The most cost-effective operator noise exposure control was determined to be acoustical cabs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Engineering Mining Noise Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Coal Mining Control Technology Engineering Controls Mining Equipment Mining Industry Surface Mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Information Circular
• Publisher:
  U.S. Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  20 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10001663
• Citation:
  Noise Control: Proceedings: Bureau of Mines Technology Transfer Seminars, Pittsburgh, PA, July 24, 1984, and Denver, CO, July 26, 1984. Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 8986, 1984 Jul; :19-36
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1984
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Noise Control: Proceedings: Bureau of Mines Technology Transfer Seminars, Pittsburgh, PA, July 24, 1984, and Denver, CO, July 26, 1984
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/205963/cdc_205963_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.02 MB ]