A study of hand vibration on chipping and grinding operators, I:​ vibration acceleration levels measured on pneumatic tools used in chipping and grinding operations

Reynolds, D. D.<sup>1</sup>; Basel, R.<sup>2</sup>; Wasserman, D. E.<sup>3</sup>; Taylor, W.<sup>4</sup>

Reynolds, D. D.¹; Basel, R.²; Wasserman, D. E.³; Taylor, W.⁴

A study of hand vibration on chipping and grinding operators, I: vibration acceleration levels measured on pneumatic tools used in chipping and grinding operations

J Sound Vibrat. August 22, 1984;95(4):479-497

Affiliations

¹Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154, U.S.A.

²Westinghouse, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

³National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.

⁴University of Dundee Medical School, Dundee, Scotland
Abstract

This paper describes the acceleration measurements and data analysis aspect of a comprehensive multidisciplined field study of several hundred chipper and grinder workers using pneumatic hand-held tools. Engineering testing of a sampling of these tools indicated that for a frequency range of 6.3 Hz to 1000 Hz, overall acceleration levels between 2000 m/s² and 24 000 m/s² were measured on the chisels and levels between 37 m/s² and 350 m/s² were measured on the handles of chipping hammers. Hand grinder acceleration levels ranged from 6 m/s² to 21 m/s².
Links

DOI: 10.1016/0022-460X(84)90231-1

WoS: A1984TU01000003
History

Received: 1982-07-22

Revised: 1983-09-15

Cited Works (4)

Year	Entry
1982	Reynolds DD, Wasserman DE, Basel R, Taylor W. Energy entering the hands of operators of pneumatic tools used in chipping and grinding operations. In: Brammer A., Taylor W, eds. Vibration Effects on the Hand and Arm in Industry. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons; 1982:133-146.
1982	Reynolds DD, Wasserman DE, Basel R, Taylor W, Doyle TE, Asburry W. Vibration acceleration measured on pneumatic tools used in chipping and grinding operations. In: Brammer A., Taylor W, eds. Vibration Effects on the Hand and Arm in Industry. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons; 1982:225-238.
1982	Reynolds DD, Falkenberg RJ. Three- and four-degrees-of-freedom models of the vibration response of the human hand. In: Brammer A., Taylor W, eds. Vibration Effects on the Hand and Arm in Industry. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons; 1982:117-132.
1982	Behrens V, Taylor W, Wasserman DE. Vibration syndrome in workers using pneumatic chipping and grinding tools. In: Brammer A., Taylor W, eds. Vibration Effects on the Hand and Arm in Industry. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons; 1982:147-155.

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2004	Wasserman DE, Reynolds DD. A unique historical perspective of occupational hand-arm vibration in the U.S from 1918-2004. In: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Hand-Arm Vibration. June 7-11, 2004; Las Vegas, NV.3-10.
1994	Wasserman DE. Vibration exposure and prevention in the United States. Nagoya J Med Sci. May 1994;57(suppl):211-218.
2009	Adewusi SA. Distributed Biodynamic Characteristics of the Human Hand-Arm System Coupled With Vibrating Handles and Power Tools [PhD thesis]. Concordia University; August 2009.