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PB83113415

Publication Date	1981
Personal Author	Reynolds, D.; Behrens, V.; Taylor, W.; Samueloff, S.; Basel, R.
Page Count	330
Abstract	The engineering and measurements testing of a past study of vibration white finger (VWF) disease in workers using pneumatic chipping and grinding hand tools is summarized. The historical background of VWF is reviewed. Acceleration, vibration energy, and dynamic compliance measurements made on 67 workers who operated chipper and grinding tools are described, and results are summarized. Worksites, workpractices, and tools used on the job are described. Plots of hand arm system dynamic compliance and phase data, chipping hammer and grinder acclimation data, instantaneous energy data, and work per unit time data are summarized, along with calculator program listings and chronologies, and acceleration time histories.
Keywords	Occupational diseases Vibration Industrial medicine Exposure Physiological effects Measurements Stress(Physiology) Surveys Hand tools Occupational safety and health White finger disease Raynauds disease
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH. Div. of Biomedical and Behavioral Science.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Technical rept.
NTIS Issue Number	198303

Vibration White Finger Disease in U.S. Workers Using Pneumatic Chipping and Grinding Hand Tools. II. Engineering Testing.

Vibration White Finger Disease in U.S. Workers Using Pneumatic Chipping and Grinding Hand Tools. II. Engineering Testing.
PB83113415

Publication Date	1981
Personal Author	Reynolds, D.; Behrens, V.; Taylor, W.; Samueloff, S.; Basel, R.
Page Count	330
Abstract	The engineering and measurements testing of a past study of vibration white finger (VWF) disease in workers using pneumatic chipping and grinding hand tools is summarized. The historical background of VWF is reviewed. Acceleration, vibration energy, and dynamic compliance measurements made on 67 workers who operated chipper and grinding tools are described, and results are summarized. Worksites, workpractices, and tools used on the job are described. Plots of hand arm system dynamic compliance and phase data, chipping hammer and grinder acclimation data, instantaneous energy data, and work per unit time data are summarized, along with calculator program listings and chronologies, and acceleration time histories.
Keywords	Occupational diseases Vibration Industrial medicine Exposure Physiological effects Measurements Stress(Physiology) Surveys Hand tools Occupational safety and health White finger disease Raynauds disease
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH. Div. of Biomedical and Behavioral Science.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Technical rept.
NTIS Issue Number	198303