Uncertainty in human vibration measurement:​ instrumentation and measurement issues

Pitts, P. M.

Affiliations

¹Health and Safety Laboratory, Buxton, Derbyshire, UK, SK17 9JN

Abstract

In 2005 Member States of the European Union will introduce legislation that will require assessment of an individual’s exposure to vibration. This is already producing a growing demand for human vibration measurement and there are an increasing number of “simple” vibration instruments available on the market. Since 1990, ISO 8041 has provided a base document for human response to vibration instrument manufacturers. Most current instruments claim conformance with this standard. However, concerns that ISO 8041 was inadequate for measurement of hand-arm vibration on percussive tools, and a substantial revision of ISO 2631-1 meant that a revision of ISO 8041 was necessary. The revision of ISO 8041 is being prepared in ISO (TC108/SC3), and was issued as a Draft International Standard in 2003. The revision of ISO 8041 introduces a more thorough and more demanding specification for vibration instruments and defines a full range of pattern evaluation and verification tests. This paper reviews the changes introduced by the revision of ISO 8041, a standard that we are likely to see published in Spring 2005.

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