Toward the Quantification of Visibility

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• Personal Author:
  Gallagher VP ; McCunney WD ; Thornton JR
• Description:
  A literature search was conducted in the field of visibility using this term as a warning against stationary or moving hazards. The review was conducted to establish the extent of research conducted on the Visibility Index. This Index was designed to provide the method for examining the effective value of such properties as color, texture, pattern, contrast, and other variables which can be used to improve the effectiveness of warning devices, signs, labels, and markings aimed at providing increased safety through visible means. Future research was to be conducted in order to evaluate the effectiveness of increasing visibility as a means of reducing the hazard of a worker being struck or injured because he was not able to see a hazard in his path. References were cited for existing standards for visibility in the U.S. and foreign countries along with international standards. Other areas for which references were listed include current practices (air and ground transportation, safety clothing, underwater visibility, visibility measurement, and industrial and occupation applications), design factors (camouflage, pattern recognition, color contrast, luminance contrast, area, and reflectivity), and environmental variables (illumination, background, types of lighting, distance and moving targets). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Eye Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Sense Organs Workplace
• Keywords:
  Contract-210-76-0116 Health-hazards Health-protection NIOSH-Contract Safety-measures Safety-research Visual-aids Visual-perception Workplace-studies
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-85
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00169501
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB88-100631
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 77-202, 1977 Jan; :1-85
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:76dd4f77e2e7b89c2c9e69400ae92f0e3fefdc7c52b672c5b679cf7118369079a67526045d602031598a1aa48e39bfce48ca32ebcc7b36c0ef5e230c66c7b140
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209482/cdc_209482_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.85 MB ]