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- Sound power level
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- Peer reviewed journal articles
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11/1/2011 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThe National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is developing noise controls to reduce noise generated by horizontal vibrating screens.
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5/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis report describes research by NIOSH to reduce the noise exposures of jackleg drill operators and to prevent additional cases of noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) by developing and evaluating low-cost retrofit noise controls for equipment.
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10/1/2006 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis article describes noise research conducted in limestone mines, detailing the equipment likely to cause worker overexposures, the occupations experiencing overexposures, and the implications for worker noise exposure reduction.
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1/1/2006 - Peer reviewed journal articlesNIOSH initiated a study of a roof bolter to reduce noise exposure to mine roof bolter operators. When drilling into granite, it was found that wet drilling generated lower sound power levels and performed better than vacuum drilling.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program