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Assessment on the Actual Vibration Exposure of Workers Engaging in Vibration Induced Works

일부 진동작업 종사 근로자의 진동노출 수준 평가

  • Kim, Kab-Bae (Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute) ;
  • Chung, Eun-Kyo (Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute) ;
  • You, Ki-Ho (Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute) ;
  • Jang, Jae-Kil (Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute)
  • Received : 2012.04.13
  • Accepted : 2012.09.11
  • Published : 2012.10.20

Abstract

In Korea, researches on the exposure assessment of the hand-transmitted vibration started from the mid-90, however, they were performed in the limited industries such as auto-assembly plants and the evaluation of the vibration was mostly conducted by ISO 5349(1986). Therefore, it was necessary to assess hand-transmitted vibration levels of workplace such as ship building/repairing industry or mining industry where occupational injuries are largely occurred and to evaluate the vibration levels using revised ISO 5349(2001). The SVAN 948 Four Channels Sound & Vibration Analyser was used for the measurement. The workers using a chain saw were exposed to 1.7~2.8 $m/s^2$ of daily vibration level. Workers using a rock drill in a coal mining were exposed to the highest vibration acceleration among workers and the levels were 7.1~10.8 $m/s^2$. Vibration levels of grinders were different according to the types of grinders. The hand-transmitted vibration of 3 types of grinders were measured and the levels were 3.3~11.1 $m/s^2$. Workers using a impact wrench were exposed to 1.5~1.6 $m/s^2$ of vibration. Out of 20 kinds of machines, only 4 tools provided the information of vibration acceleration on the instructions. In addition, the current condition of workplace to control vibration was not much different from the past because there are no vibration exposure limit.

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