Active Noise Control of Stageloader Noise in Longwall Mining

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• Personal Author:
  Guffey SE ; Slagley JM
• Description:
  With the large scale mechanization inherent to the mining industry, noise-induced hearing loss remains a major concern. As part of on-going efforts to develop engineering controls to reduce noise levels in longwall mining, active noise control experiments were conducted above ground on a modified non-working stageloader. Recorded underground stageloader noise was broadcast into the above ground stageloader. The result was an average 7 dBA reduction when the active noise control was applied. These results suggest the possibility that active noise reduction can be a useful means to reduce stageloader noise if the control system can be made sufficiently rugged. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Engineering Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Mining Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Engineering Controls Longwall Mining Noise Control Noise Induced Hearing Loss Underground Mining
• ISBN:
  9780873352512
• ISSN:
  1075-8623
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  154-160
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069803
• Citation:
  Trans Soc Min Metall Explor 2006 Jan; 318:154-160
• Editor(s):
  Yernberg WR
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  West Virginia University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20020901
• Source Full Name:
  Transactions of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration
• End Date:
  20050831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:15d5c838cb0c6706e6e86259f7277477cf1e63068ef5b4dc0dcfd98b9f25b7353cd32f81573481ca40d20f8cdd628d35d4613c08b573e46f87ca7115515f7433
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/208158/cdc_208158_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.19 MB ]