An Evaluation of the Standardized Chipping Hammer Test Specified in ISO 8662-2

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-49

  Dong, R G ^a   McDowell, T W ^a   Welcome, D E ^a   Warren, C ^a   Schopper, A W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chipping hammer; Hand arm vibration; Hand transmitted vibration; Tool vibration measurement

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); ENERGY ABSORPTION; HAMMERS; HAND TOOLS; MACHINE VIBRATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TESTING; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT;

HAND ARM VIBRATION SYNDROME;

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; AIRCRAFT MATERIALS;

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; DEVICE; ENERGY ABSORPTION; EVALUATION; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDIZATION; VIBRATION; VIBRATION SYNDROME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HAND; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SYNDROME; VIBRATION;

FREQUENCY-WEIGHTED ACCELERATION; HAND ARM VIBRATIONS; HAND-ARM VIBRATION SYNDROME; HAND-TRANSMITTED VIBRATION; MEASUREMENT METHODS; STANDARDIZED TESTS; TOOL VIBRATIONS; VIBRATION CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 1642471743     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meg077     Document Type: Article

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