Partial Cab Video and Information Suite

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A drilling worksite has many health and safety hazards. Drillers can see tripping hazards and dust, but may not realize that the noise around a drill rig can cause hearing loss. Over the course of a career, exposure to sound levels above 90 dB can cause noise-induced hearing loss. The sound levels while hammer drilling can reach 110 dB. At this sound level, a driller would be overexposed to noise in 30 minutes according to OSHA and MSHA regulations. To reduce drillers' exposure to noise, NIOSH has developed a Partial Cab for surface drill rigs without cabs. NIOSH research shows that the Partial Cab can reduce sound levels at the control panel by as much as 9 dB. This CD includes: 1. Video - see the partial cab prototype in action; 2. Presentation - design and construction of partial cab; 3. Presentation - sound, noise, and hearing loss information. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Engineering Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Mining Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Control-technology Engineering-controls Hearing-impairment Hearing-loss Mining-equipment Mining-industry Noise-control Noise-exposure Noise-induced-hearing-loss Sound-attenuation
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Interactive Resource
• Genre:
  Teaching Materials
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032429
• Citation:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2007-147c, 2007 Aug; :CD-ROM
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• 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-512:970a056cb11efba83408735691b4735b9bab2e3de9b868bdc2c8375248e7d18ae035d8e5f13641b05cb53ccb1800130061044673936593c0a9d5cfab00e2850e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209899/cdc_209899_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 167.93 KB ]