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Protection of workers against noise and vibration in the working environment
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Book : Protection of workers against noise and vibration in the working environment Language : English Library : Health-Safety-Environment Publish Place : Geneva Publish Date : January 1977 Publisher : International Labour Offıce Geneva Book Type : Book Book Number : 503 |
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INDEX
ContentsIntroduction Definitions
1. General
1.1 Duties of employers
1.2 Duties of the workers
1.3 Co-operation
1.4 Inspection by official services
2. Organizing principles of prevention
2.1 Aims
2.2 Control
2.3 Implementation
3. Noise measurement and assessment
3.1. General
3.2 Hearing conservation
3. 3 Oral communications
3.4 Fatigue
3.5 Measuring instruments
3.6 Instrument accuracy and calibration
3.7 Recording of data
4. Noise limit levels
4.1 General
4.2 Hearing impairment
4.3 Special provisions
4.4 Ultrasound and infrasound
4.5 Oral communications
4.6 Fatigue and comfort
Protection of workers against noise and vibration
5. Vibration measurement
5.1 General
5.2 Measuring instruments
5.3 Instrument accuracy and calibration
5.4 Recording of data
6. Vibration limits
6.1 General
6.2 Vibration transmitted to hands and arms
6.3 Whole-body vibration
6.4 Comfort
7. Identification of risk areas
7.1 Risk assessment
7.2 Ambient noise
7.3 Sources of noise and vibration
7.4 Assessment of exposure
7.5 Other noise measurements
7.6 Marking of areas and equipment
8. Noise and vibration control: new equipment ....
8.1 Specifications for new equipment
8.2 Testing
8.3 Replacement of hazardous equipment or processes
8.4 Design and installation
9. Noise and vibration control in the working environment
9.1 General
9.2 Control methods
9.3 Control at source
9.4 Control of propagation, amplification and reverberation
9.5 Remote control and isolation
9.6 New risks
10. Protective equipment and reduction of exposure time
10..1 General
10.2 Choice of personal protective equipment . .
10.3 Testing of protective equipment
10.4 Issuing and training in use of equipment . .
10.5 Inspection and maintenance
10.6 Reduction in exposure time
10.7 Co-operation with workers
11. Health supervision
11.1 General
11.2 Organisation and aims
11.3 Frequency of health examinations .
11.4 Structure of the medical examinations
11.5 Results and interpretation
11.6 Audiometric testing
11.7 Audiometric methods and equipment
11.8 Staff training
Monitoring
12.1 General
12.2 Environmental monitoring
12.3 Health monitoring . .
12.4 Comparisons of findings
1. Existing international standards and other international provisions
2. The health hazards of noise, ultrasound, infrasound and vibration
3. Maximum allowable levels of ultrasound
4. Nois hazard contours
5. Sugns indicating noise zones
6. Medical aspects: contra-indications
