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Advanced generation NIOSH automatically deployable rollover protective structure (AutoROPS)
… Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in collaboration with the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at West Virginia University. Unfortunately, numerous tractors' operators have removed the factory ROPS from the Tractors because of the lack of housing area on the …
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Product Evaluation and Process Improvement Guidelines for the Personal Protective Equipment Manufacturers based on Human Factors, NIOSH Guidelines and System Safety Principles
To analyze the system development, manufacturing practices and system evaluation procedures of representative PPES manufacturers, two companies (i.e., one "small", referred to here as "simple manufacturer (SM)", and one "large", referred here as "complex manufacturer (CM)" — in terms of workforce, …
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Appraising The Current Status Of The National Institute For Occupational Safety And Health's Fatality Assessment Control Evaluation Program
… to transfer that knowledge into practice" (CDC NIOSH 2017). </p> <p>In order to understand and educate the public on why workplace deaths occur; NIOSH enacted the Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) program in 1982. Since its inception, the NIOSH FACE program has used workplace …
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Capillary Zone Electrophoresis Analysis of Isocyanates in Spray-Painting Operations
… polyisocyanate during Spray-painting operations. NIOSH Method 5521, OSHA Method 42, NIOSH Method 5522 and Capillary Zone Electrophoresis (CZE) methods were compared. The results obtained from the CZE analysis method and the HPLC analysis methods are comparable. The CZE methods could be used as a …
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Quantifying the Participatory Ergonomic Effects of Training and a Work Analysis Tool on Operator Performance and Well-Being
… redesigned. Also, this research suggests if the NIOSH lifting equation can be an effective tool in a participatory ergonomics approach in the redesign of a manual material handling job that involves lifting tasks. A 2-factor, between-subjects design was used. Participants consisted of 32 …
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Psychosocial Work Environment Stressors, Health, and Health Disparities: Findings from the 2002 to 2014 General Social Surveys
… Institute for Occupational Health & Safety (NIOSH) recognizes the burden job stress imposes across several aspects of well-being, increased healthcare usage, and lost productivity. Concomitantly, the U.S. is relatively unusual among industrialized countries in that it reports the health …
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Background concentration of airborne microbe in new constructed building
… Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) method, NIOSH Manual Analytical Method NMAM 0800. The total concentration of airborne bacteria were average to 533, 159 and 420 CFU/m3 in the first, second and third phase. For airborne fungi the results yield a mean concentration of 235, 98 …
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Background concentration of airborne microbe in new constructed building
… Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) method, NIOSH Manual Analytical Method NMAM 0800. The total concentration of airborne bacteria were average to 533, 159 and 420 CFU/m3 in the first, second and third phase. For airborne fungi the results yield a mean concentration of 235, 98 …
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New Sampling and Analysis Method for Isocyanates in Spray-Painting Operations
… Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has already set the Recommended Exposure Limit for several diisocyanate monomers. The measurement of isocyanates in air is a challenging sampling and analytical problem for several reasons. Isocyanates can exist in air as vapor, or as aerosol …
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Preliminary Design of an Improved Load Measuring Device for Underground Mining Standing Supports
… is critical proper support selection. The NIOSH STOP database contains load-displacement laboratory test data for most commonly used standing supports. Hydraulic load cells currently used to measure in-situ loading of standing supports have exhibited leakage under load, producing …
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Real-time diesel particulate matter monitoring in underground mine atmospheres, association with the standard method and related challenges
… Particulate Matter (DPM) monitoring method (NIOSH 5040 method) has limitations that preclude rapid DPM estimation and detailed understanding of DPM variations over time. However, real-time DPM monitors do not inherit these limitations. Biodiesel is often used as a substitute for regular …
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Ergonomics Programs In Kentucky's Nursing Homes
… and how closely these programs followed the NIOSH/OSHA model. It also sought to investigate relationships that might exist between ergonomics programs and MSD rates occurring among direct care workers engaged in moving and physically assisting residents. Findings suggest a high percentage of …
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Depozice prachových částic z ovzduší
… s manuální metodou postupující podle metodiky NIOSH 7400.
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Validation of Passive Air Sampling Monitors Onboard United States Navy Submarines
… Active sampling was conducted in accordance with NIOSH Method 2501, NIOSH Method 2016 and OSHA Method ID 214 for acrolein, formaldehyde and ozone respectively. Extended sampling periods ranging from 14 to 28 days for active sampling methods and 28 days for passive monitors were necessary due to …
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Validation of Low Resistance Filters for Gas/Vapour Sampling.
… gases and vapours rely on low flow (<200 ml/min) NIOSH sorbent tubes. This work investigates 3M charcoal filter media (JK50 and JK40, 3M, Inc.) for collection and analysis of organic vapours across 0.1 ¿ 5 l/min. To enable this work, a custom exposure facility was constructed and validated within …
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Optimization-based biomechanical evaluation of isometric exertions on a brake wheel
… indicated that compressive force would exceed NIOSH guidelines for low-back compressive force, especially in males. Predicted L3/L4 compressive force at maximum torque ranged from an average of 2350N in small females to an average of 7485N for large males. We then used regression analysis to …
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Can Ergonomics be utilized in the Power Sports Repair Profession at Rocky Mountain Motorsports?
… evaluation will be utilized. These include the NIOSH lifting equation and the NIOSH guide to non-powered hand tools. Humantech® designed a methodology for ergonomic postures and scoring them. A risk associated with the job performed will be done using a Baseline Risk Identification of Ergonomic …
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Application of Fourier-transformed-infrared spectroscopy to quantitate amorphous silica in personal air samples in sugarcane cutters
… compared to the currently accepted NIOSH method (e.g., X-ray diffraction). The model was created, and initial concentrations of amorphous silica were determined. During the analysis of samples, the need to ascertain the detection limit of the FTIR method was evident. This project, …
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Analysis of rbd palm olein abrasive blasting as new metal surface cleaning method
… abrasive blasting activity was determined using NIOSH Method 0500 dan 0600. EPA-42 was used to determine the emission rate in this research. XRD method was also used to determine the dust and material composition as described in the NIOSH Method NMAM 7500. To see the effectiveness of the RBD palm …
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Integrating Laser Scanning with Discrete Element Modeling for Improving Safety in Underground Stone Mines
… Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) stated that structurally controlled instability is a predominant failure mechanism in underground limestone mines. This type of instability occurs when the different discontinuity sets intercept with each other forming rock blocks that …
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