Are You Operating an Air Rotary Drilling Rig? Is It Loud?

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• Personal Author:
  Ingram, David K. ; Matetic, Rudy J.
• Description:
  Is it simply their reputation, or are air rotary rigs one of the loudest rigs in operation today? It may be the engine, or the compressor, or the cooling fan, or the hammering activity that takes place during drilling, or it could be all of the above. Whatever the causes, it is clear that air rotary drilling rigs are loud. Because of this, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is investigating the noise exposures of waterwell drillers while they are drilling water wells for our communities. Nationally, much attention has been given to the ever increasing problem of Americans losing their hearing due to occupational noise exposure. In 1996, NIOSH's National Occupational Research Agenda identified hearing loss as the most common occupation-related disease in the United States. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ear Engineering Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Mining Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Safety Sense Organs

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• Keywords:
  Ear-protection Engineering-controls Hearing-loss Mining-equipment Noise-exposure Noise-induced-hearing-loss Noise-levels Noise-protection Personal-protective-equipment
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  0043-1443
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• 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
• Pages in Document:
  18-22
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20023364
• Citation:
  Water Well J 2003 Jul; 57(7):18-22
• Contact Point Address:
  NIOSH, Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 18070, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Water Well Journal
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220663/cdc_220663_DS1.pdf
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