Equipment noise and worker exposure in the coal mining industry

• Main Author: Bauer, Eric R.
• Corporate Author: Pittsburgh Research Laboratory (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
• Other Authors: Babich, D. R., Vipperman, Jeffrey R.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Pittsburgh, PA : Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, [2006]
• Series: Information circular (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) ; IC 9492.; DHHS publication ; no. (NIOSH) 2007-105.
• Subjects: Coal miners > Health and hygiene > United States.; Deafness, Noise induced > Statistics.; Industrial noise > United States > Safety measures.; Threshold limit values (Industrial toxicology); Industrial noise.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781615839568; 1615839569
• Physical Description: 1 online resource ([4], 77 pages) : illustrations.

"Prolonged exposure to loud noise can cause permanent damage to the auditory nerve and/or its sensory components. Despite regulations and efforts by government and industry to reduce noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), it is still a problem in the U.S. coal mining industry. The Mine Safety and H...