Administrative Controls for Reducing Worker Noise Exposures

Details

• Personal Author:
  Babich, Daniel R. ; Bauer, Eric R.
• Description:
  Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) continues to be a concern for the mining industry. A new noise standard (30 CFR 62) is aimed at reducing NIHL in mining through engineering and administrative noise controls. However, the difficulty and expense of implementing engineering controls can make administrative controls an attractive alternative for reducing worker noise exposure. Over the last 3 years, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has conducted worker noise exposure surveys in underground and surface coal mines and coal prep plants. The surveys have revealed many possible administrative controls and an approach to implementation and analysis. The surveys have shown that worker dosimetry, time-motion studies, and equipment noise profiling are important aspects of effectively using administrative controls. A description of the approach for selecting, implementing, and evaluating administrative controls and a list of administrative controls are reported. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Mining Noise Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Coal-mining Hearing-loss Mining-industry Noise-exposure Noise-induced-hearing-loss Surface-mining Underground-mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• 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:
  1-9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024675
• Citation:
  2004 SME Annual Meeting, Feb 23-25, Denver, Colorado, preprint 04-09. Littleton, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., 2004 Feb; :1-9
• Contact Point Address:
  NIOSH Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 18070, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Hearing Loss
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  2004 SME Annual Meeting, Feb 23-25, Denver, Colorado, preprint 04-09
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:650e6b7690402328f172cffbebc646da6449dff16156f13b1ccd16fb286b6a33221518e1e99d9f5cd60234076781e5d03ddaf6d93057d3dec705391a112d8d66
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220808/cdc_220808_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.21 MB ]