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Journal of Industrial Safety Engineering

Occupational Exposure to Vibration – Hazards, Evaluation and Control

  1. Nishith Ghosh
  2. Garima Singh
  3. G.L.N. Padmavathi
  4. Aparna Sawatkar
  5. M.D. Patel
  6. Alok Srivastava

Abstract

Mechanical vibration is known to cause occupational health hazards. Exposure to vibration has potential to cause musculoskeletal disorders. Chronic exposure to hand-transmitted vibration causes occupational disease like vibration induced white finger (VWF). This article describes the harmful health effects caused due to exposure to hand-transmitted vibration (HTV) and whole-body vibration (WBV) and the control measures to minimize the exposure. Specifically, focus is kept on the evaluation of vibration exposure to personnel and occupational exposure limits. To this aim, two case studies are also described for exposure assessment of HTV and WBV.

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