Information Circular 9224: Effects of Environmental Stressors on Vigilance Performance

Details

• Personal Author:
  Duchon, James C. ; Hudock, Stephen D.
• Description:
  The U.S. Bureau of Mines is conducting human factors research for the purpose of reducing accidents and improving the person-machine interface found in surface and underground mining operations. Miners are exposed to a variety of environmental stresors, e.g., extreme heat, noise, vibration, and adverse illumination, throughout the workday. Exposure to these environmental stressors has been noted in the literature to affect performance of vigilance tasks. Since impaired performance of vigilance tasks can lead to industrial accidents, further investigation of the effects of environmental stressors on human performance is warranted. A brief description of the environmental conditions present in the mining workplace is followed by a review of experiments dealing with the effects of environmental stressors on vigilance task performance. The applicability of past research to actual mining operations is considered. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Information Circular
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  TCRC - Twin Cities Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  26 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10007183
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1989
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c8bc3c8ed44f43432f7f3ab33c21a814ccf7ba2060dd40293603523c5c53cc6cf5cf33dc92142d604f64f64ee91d84e75f5d2408ac713c691c15a7b7e5fe1a8f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206151/cdc_206151_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.23 MB ]