Administrative Controls for Reducing Worker Noise Exposures [2006]

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, NIOSH 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 Engineering Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Mining Noise Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Coal-mining Engineering-controls Hearing-loss Mining-industry Noise-exposure Noise-induced-hearing-loss Occupational-diseases Occupational-health Surface-mining Underground-mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  9780873352512
• ISSN:
  1075-8623
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 8 ; 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:
  51-56
• Volume:
  318
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030605
• Citation:
  Trans Soc Min Metall Explor 2006 Jan; 318:51-57
• Editor(s):
  Yernberg WR
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:75c8cdd7338a7da587ab290dfcb7d5b51d659a030bdfd74f1778853260d955f99519a20a51b1d9686265342cac90a6ce395a5f44012ce798f38b05ae272daa64
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/226604/cdc_226604_DS1.pdf
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