Key Findings from Research: Test Bench System Measures Handle Vibration in Hammer Drills

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• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  Workers can be exposed to high levels of hand vibration when drilling into concrete or rock using hammer drills, exposures that can cause Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome. The standard ISO method for measuring vibration generated by different tool designs relies on human testing, but because no two operators are the same test results can vary widely. The researchers designed a robotic test bench system using a mannequin on a slide, and validated the results by comparing them to human test results. See abstract: http://bit.ly/2eXNL5T. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety Vibration
• Keywords:
  Construction Equipment Construction Industry Construction Workers Drilling Hand-arm Vibration Syndrome HAVS Rock Drillers Testing Equipment Vibration Exposure
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Key Findings from Research
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057703
• Citation:
  Key findings from research. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2016 Nov; :1
• Email:
  david.rempel@ucsf.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Key findings from research
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4f0b1505c8f6d9c86edf3a3dc9c9b2361477cbcd878b88b762e19257507d3b4485b12fc23af7afd10db9f8b83ff493e43578cd3993c14b5dc645fc1afa4ac07d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213000/cdc_213000_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 46.61 KB ]