Engineered Noise Controls for Miner Safety and Environmental Responsibility

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• Personal Author:
  Azman, Amanda S. ; Camargo HE ; Peterson, Jeffrey S.
• Description:
  Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) continues to be one of the most prevalent diseases in the mining industry. Several factors contribute to the noise overexposure of miners, including confined workplace conditions, the utilization of heavy-duty mining equipment, and the proximity of machine operators to that equipment. In this context, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conducts research aimed at reducing the incidence of NIHL by developing noise controls for mining equipment, thereby lessening the level of exposure encountered by miners. To accomplish this task, experimental and computational state-of-the-art engineering tools are used to identify dominant noise sources and to explore different noise control approaches. This chapter provides an overview of these engineering tools, and presents three case studies where noise controls were developed and implemented into a longwall shearer, a roof bolter, and a continuous mining machine. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Engineering Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Mining Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Mining Machine Noise Engineering Controls Equipment Operators Miner's Noise Exposure Miners Mining Industry Noise Control Noise Control Of Mining Equipment Noise Exposure Noise Induced Hearing Loss Noise Source Identification Sound Radiation By Mining Equipment Underground Noise

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  9780081012888
• Publisher:
  Woodhead Publishing
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PMRD - Pittsburgh Mining Research Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  215-243
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054627
• Citation:
  Advances in productive, safe, and responsible coal mining. Hirschi J ed. Duxford, United Kingdom: Woodhead Publishing, 2018 Aug; :215-243
• Editor(s):
  Hirschi J
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Advances in productive, safe, and responsible coal mining
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/227825/cdc_227825_DS1.pdf
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