Testing and Evaluation of an Engineering Noise Control on a Longwall Stageloader

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• Personal Author:
  Armour D ; Bauer, Eric R. ; Durr TM ; Reeves ER ; Zuchelli DR
• Description:
  A team of noise specialists from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mine Safety and Health Administration, and Joy Manufacturing attempted to evaluate an engineering noise control on a Joy longwall stageloader. The team developed and executed a test plan to evaluate the noise attenuation of the engineering control in an underground coal mining environment. An evaluation of the long-term noise effects and durability of the engineering control were also a focus of the research effort. Pre- and post-control measurements consisting of a combination of worker dosimetry and task observations, tape recordings, and sound level measurements were used to evaluate the engineering control. A description of the engineering noise control, pre- and post-control sound level measurements, and an evaluation of control success are presented. In the end, no evaluation was possible due to mining practices, miner task variations, and inconclusive data. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Engineering Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Mining Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Coal-mining Engineering-controls Longwall-mining Miners Mining-equipment Mining-industry Noise-exposure Noise-induced-hearing-loss Noise-levels Noise-measurement Noise-sources Occupational-diseases 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:
  New Mexico ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 6 ; 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:
  1-12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026381
• Citation:
  2005 SME Annual Meeting, February 28 - March 2, Salt Lake City, Utah, preprint 05-58. Littleton, CO, Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., 2005 Feb; :1-12
• Contact Point Address:
  NIOSH Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 18070, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Intervention Effectiveness Research
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  2005 SME Annual Meeting, February 28 - March 2, Salt Lake City, Utah, preprint 05-58
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:56c9451d0edaceffc1c3af6032050fb90ec9291dcec37ecadd3efb44e641931f084e233a03326793168895178a171e89bc00d209d749664d0462c4ca21a01ceb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220992/cdc_220992_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 501.41 KB ]