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:
  Engineering-controls; Noise; Longwall-mining; Mining-equipment; Underground-mining; Coal-mining; Mining-industry; Noise-levels; Noise-exposure; Noise-induced-hearing-loss; Occupational-diseases; Miners; Noise-measurement; Noise-sources
• 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 ; New Mexico ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 6 ; 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:
  173-181
• Volume:
  318
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057086
• Citation:
  Trans Soc Min Metall Explor 2006 Jan; 318:173-181
• Contact Point Address:
  NIOSH Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 18070, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
• Editor(s):
  Yernberg WR
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Intervention Effectiveness Research
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Transactions of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/247368/cdc_247368_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]