Experiments on personal equipment for low seam coal miners. 4, Incorporating coiled cord into cap lamp battery cords

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• Personal Author:
  Beith, Barry ; Blake, Tyler ; Krohn, Gregory ; Sanders, Mark ; Volkmer, Kent ; Wick, Daniel
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. Bureau of Mines. Bruceton Mining Research Center ; Canyon Research Group
• Description:
  "The objective of this study was to determine optimal personal equipment design for use in low coal based on ergonomic, biomechanic, and safety considerations. This report describes a study designed to evaluate a proposed modification in the cap lamp battery cord intended to reduce the incidence of snagging and catching of the cord. A three-phase evaluation was performed comparing a prototype with the standard, currently available cord. In the first evaluation a "pull test" was performed to measure the reaction time of workers and the maximum force delivered to the helmet. The second evaluation was a body conformity experiment wherin the cords were studied to determine whether they conformed differently to workers bodies. The third evaluation involved workers performing common manual tasks in a low seam coal mine simulator. The results demonstrated significant safety advantages of incorporating coiled cords into the design of the cap cord" - NIOSHTIC-2
  
  NIOSHTIC no. 10002401
  
  
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Open File Report
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Bureau of Mines contract J0387213
• Genre:
  Report
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  ii, 24 numbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10002401
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7b7d7336e8530197f8429010a7673a93d27d547b8974532ca9ed1d22c0b10f5ecd71334e586afc64a0bf778429de10791c13fcb49a8227f0a2c1db0eec421faf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/9141/cdc_9141_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.26 MB ]