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Zusatztext "...safety practitioners who are faced with planning to ensure compliance when the [new EU] Directives become law! will find much to interest them in this volume." - Health and Safety Review! December 2004"...the book is one of the few that this reviewer is aware of that provides such a straightforward and readable presentation of issues related to workplace noise and vibration." - Noise Control Engineering Journal! Jan-Feb 2005 Klappentext Introduces noise and both hand-arm and whole-body vibration by explaining what they are and how they can affect the body! drawing out the similarities and differences between the hazards. This work provides explanations of the requirements of the EU Directives and explains how to fulfill them. Zusammenfassung Introduces noise and both hand-arm and whole-body vibration by explaining what they are and how they can affect the body, drawing out the similarities and differences between the hazards. This work provides explanations of the requirements of the EU Directives and explains how to fulfill them. Inhaltsverzeichnis Noise:Noise and how it behaves.Human response to noise.Measuring Noise.Development of workplace noise control.Doses and limits.Assessment of noise exposure.Hand-arm vibration:What is vibration?Vibration measurement.HAVS.The development of legal controls on hand-arm vibration exposure.Doses and limits.Assessment of hand-arm vibration exposure.Whole body vibration:The development of controls on whole body vibration.Measurement and assessment of WBV exposure.Reducing noise and vibration risks:Management of noise and vibration exposure.Noise and vibration control.Hearing Protection.Managing hand-arm vibration risks.Controling Whole body vibration exposure.Appendices:References.Action levels and duties.Questions.Answers to questions.
