Rock drills used in South African mines: A comparative study of noise and vibration levels

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 305-310

  Phillips, J I ^a   Heyns, P S ^b   Nelson, G ^c  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Mining; Noise; Rock drills; South Africa; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; MINES; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; ACOUSTICS; AUDITION; HYDRAULIC DRILLS; MACHINE VIBRATIONS; MINING; NOISE POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PNEUMATICS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; ROCK DRILLING; ROCK DRILLS; ROCKS; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT;

HAND-HELD ROCK DRILLS; SELF-PROPELLED ROCK DRILLS;

ROCK DRILLS; ELECTRIC DRILLS;

ACCELEROMETER; ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRILL; GEOMETRY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MINING; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND PRESSURE; SOUTH AFRICA; VIBRATION; VIBRATION DISEASE; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INSTRUMENTATION; PRESSURE;

HAND-ARM VIBRATION SYNDROME; HAND-TRANSMITTED VIBRATION; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; NOISE; NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS; ORTHOGONAL DIRECTIONS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIBRATION;

HUMANS; MINING; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRESSURE; SOUTH AFRICA; VIBRATION;

EID: 34447536537     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mel082     Document Type: Article

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