Volume 8, Issue 2 (2021)

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• Published Open access Article 30 Aug 2021

  Occupational Exposure to Vibration—Hazards, Evaluation and Control

  By Nishith Ghosh, Garima Singh, G.L.N. Padmavathi, Aparna R. Sawatkar, M.D. Patel

  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 …

  Published in Journal of Industrial Safety Engineering · Vol. 8, Issue 2, 2021 · pp. 29–35 Read article →