Profiles of noise exposure levels in South African mining

Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 315-322

  Edwards, A L ^a   Dekker, J J ^b   Franz, R M ^a   Van Dyk, T ^b   Banyini, A ^c  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b Occupational Hygiene Consultants ^*  (South Africa)

^c Mine Health and Safety Council   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Mining industry; Noise exposure levels; Noise induced hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING CONTROLS; EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS; HEALTH AND SAFETY; HEARING LOSS; NOISE EMISSIONS; NOISE EXPOSURE; NOISE EXPOSURE LEVEL; NOISE LEVELS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ON CURRENTS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUDITION;

NOISE POLLUTION;

EID: 79960387104     PISSN: 22256253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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