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Noise exposure assessment of non-coal mining workers in four provinces of China
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to understand the noise exposure of non-coal mines in China to take appropriate controls to protect workers' health. METHODS: An assessment of non-coal miners' noise exposures was conducted in four provinces in China. Individual noise exposure levels were measur...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9870050/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36699889 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1055618 |
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author | Wang, Xin Kang, Ning Dong, Yiwen Liu, Kai Ning, Kang Bian, Hongying Han, Feng Chen, Yongqing Ye, Meng |
author_facet | Wang, Xin Kang, Ning Dong, Yiwen Liu, Kai Ning, Kang Bian, Hongying Han, Feng Chen, Yongqing Ye, Meng |
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description | OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to understand the noise exposure of non-coal mines in China to take appropriate controls to protect workers' health. METHODS: An assessment of non-coal miners' noise exposures was conducted in four provinces in China. Individual noise exposure levels were measured, and the survey on the hearing protector device (HPD) equipment was administered. RESULTS: 423 noise dosimeter measurements were obtained, including drilling, blasting, ore drawing, transportation, winching, crushing, screening and ball milling, and auxiliary (air pressure, pump, and maintenance). A total of 31.9% of the individual noise levels (L(EX,8h)) exceeded 85 dB(A), and the median dosages of non-coal miners with high noise exposure were: excavation workers-89.1 dB(A), mill operators-88.7 dB(A), and crusher operators-87.0 dB(A). The noise dose of underground mine workers is higher than that of surface mine workers (P < 0.001). A total of 53.7% of non-coal mining enterprises are not equipped with HPD for workers, mainly small and micro enterprises. CONCLUSIONS: High levels of hazardous noise exposure are typical in non-coal mines. Noise exposure data can help to develop more feasible noise controls. |
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spelling | pubmed-98700502023-01-24 Noise exposure assessment of non-coal mining workers in four provinces of China Wang, Xin Kang, Ning Dong, Yiwen Liu, Kai Ning, Kang Bian, Hongying Han, Feng Chen, Yongqing Ye, Meng Front Public Health Public Health OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to understand the noise exposure of non-coal mines in China to take appropriate controls to protect workers' health. METHODS: An assessment of non-coal miners' noise exposures was conducted in four provinces in China. Individual noise exposure levels were measured, and the survey on the hearing protector device (HPD) equipment was administered. RESULTS: 423 noise dosimeter measurements were obtained, including drilling, blasting, ore drawing, transportation, winching, crushing, screening and ball milling, and auxiliary (air pressure, pump, and maintenance). A total of 31.9% of the individual noise levels (L(EX,8h)) exceeded 85 dB(A), and the median dosages of non-coal miners with high noise exposure were: excavation workers-89.1 dB(A), mill operators-88.7 dB(A), and crusher operators-87.0 dB(A). The noise dose of underground mine workers is higher than that of surface mine workers (P < 0.001). A total of 53.7% of non-coal mining enterprises are not equipped with HPD for workers, mainly small and micro enterprises. CONCLUSIONS: High levels of hazardous noise exposure are typical in non-coal mines. Noise exposure data can help to develop more feasible noise controls. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9870050/ /pubmed/36699889 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1055618 Text en Copyright © 2023 Wang, Kang, Dong, Liu, Ning, Bian, Han, Chen and Ye. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Wang, Xin Kang, Ning Dong, Yiwen Liu, Kai Ning, Kang Bian, Hongying Han, Feng Chen, Yongqing Ye, Meng Noise exposure assessment of non-coal mining workers in four provinces of China |
title | Noise exposure assessment of non-coal mining workers in four provinces of China |
title_full | Noise exposure assessment of non-coal mining workers in four provinces of China |
title_fullStr | Noise exposure assessment of non-coal mining workers in four provinces of China |
title_full_unstemmed | Noise exposure assessment of non-coal mining workers in four provinces of China |
title_short | Noise exposure assessment of non-coal mining workers in four provinces of China |
title_sort | noise exposure assessment of non-coal mining workers in four provinces of china |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9870050/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36699889 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1055618 |
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