APPCOR10060

• Permit No: C1981048
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Name: TECHNOLOGY OF AUGER MINING
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Operating Hazards
Personal protective equipment is an essential requirement
for machinery operators and augering is no exception.
Noise
At no auger operation visited was hearing protection
worn by any of the operating personnel. Although no decibel record-
ings were taken by the survey teams, it seemed to all investigators
that maximum permissible decibels were exceeded by operation of
auger machines.
It is generally recognized that auger operators after
years of operation alongside a diesel have difficulty with the sense
of hearing.
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f.
Observation on scene was that conversation was next to
impossible due to noise levels, especially by the diesel exhaust.