Assessment of Noise Controls Commonly Used on Jumbo Drills and Bolters in Western Underground Metal Mines

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• Personal Author:
  Reeves ER
• Description:
  The mining industry has recognized the importance of engineering controls as a primary means of preventing hearing loss. The noise control treatments most commonly observed on drills and bolters during this study were windshields, sound-absorbing material, and hydraulic motor covers. These controls were evaluated on machines at underground metal mines to determine the amount of noise reduction achieved by each control. Results show that absorbing material has very little effect on the noise level. The noise reduction attributable to the motor covers was dependent on the material used to create the cover. Properly installed windshields were the most consistent control. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Engineering Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Metals Mining Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Engineering-controls Hearing-loss Metal-mining Mine-workers Mining-equipment Mining-industry Noise-control Noise-exposure Noise-induced-hearing-loss Noise-levels Noise-measurement Underground-mining

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• 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:
  1-7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024681
• Citation:
  2004 SME Annual Meeting, Feb 23-25, Denver, Colorado, preprint 04-112. Littleton, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., 2004 Feb; :1-7
• Contact Point Address:
  NIOSH Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 18070, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Intervention Effectiveness Research
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  2004 SME Annual Meeting, Feb 23-25, Denver, Colorado, preprint 04-112
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7131ce43f25443150f587252b920012c6a8d4cdbad8ea08006e6120976cb06e20c6b170caca4d82fc9178e00d012d5d71de828df7ddeb1ec7ed654fa2cb60e44
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220810/cdc_220810_DS1.pdf
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