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PD CEN/TR 15172-2:2005

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Whole-body vibration. Guidelines for vibration hazards reduction Management measures at the workplace

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English

Published date

27-01-2006

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Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 References
3 Abbreviations
4 Determination and assessment of health risks
  4.1 General
  4.2 Identification of main sources of whole-body vibration
      at the workplace
  4.3 Relationships between whole-body vibration exposure and
      health risk
  4.4 Legal requirements
  4.5 Use of declared values
5 Formulation of provisions aimed at avoiding and reducing
  vibration exposure
6 Minimising vibration exposure
  6.1 Vibration reduction by task and process re-design
  6.2 Vibration reduction by selection of machinery, tools and
      seats
  6.3 Vibration reduction by instructions and maintenance
  6.4 Reduction of the exposure duration
7 Information related to health risks for the operator
Annex A (informative) Examples of machines and processes that may
                      expose operators to significant whole-body
                      vibration above the exposure action and/or
                      limit values of the EU Directive 2002/44/EC
Annex B (informative) Assessment of health risks from whole-body
                      vibration at the workplace
Annex C (informative) A practical example of application of
                      methods for limitation of vibration
                      exposure
Annex D (informative) Selecting mobile machinery for use at work
Annex E (informative) Questions to ask of suppliers
Annex F (informative) Seating as a means of reducing risks from
                      exposure to whole-body vibration
Annex G (informative) Health surveillance
Bibliography

Outlines practicable measures for the reduction and control of exposure to whole-body vibration at workplaces in order to provide a practical professional aid to workplace managers and health and safety officers.

Committee
GME/21/6
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
42
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current

Standards Relationship
CEN/TR 15172-2:2005 Identical

EN 12096:1997 Mechanical vibration - Declaration and verification of vibration emission values
EN 1032:2003+A1:2008 Mechanical vibration - Testing of mobile machinery in order to determine the vibration emission value
EN 14253:2003+A1:2007 Mechanical vibration - Measurement and calculation of occupational exposure to whole-body vibration with reference to health - Practical guidance
EN ISO 6683:2008 Earth-moving machinery - Seat belts and seat belt anchorages - Performance requirements and tests (ISO 6683:2005)
ISO 7096:2000 Earth-moving machinery Laboratory evaluation of operator seat vibration
CR 12349:1996 Mechanical vibration - Guide to the health effects of vibration on the human body
ISO 3411:2007 Earth-moving machinery Physical dimensions of operators and minimum operator space envelope
ISO 6683:2005 Earth-moving machinery Seat belts and seat belt anchorages Performance requirements and tests
EN ISO 3411:2007 Earth-moving machinery - Physical dimensions of operators and minimum operator space envelope (ISO 3411:2007)
ISO 5353:1995 Earth-moving machinery, and tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry Seat index point
CEN/TR 15172-1:2005 Whole-body vibration - Guidelines for vibration hazards reduction - Part 1: Engineering methods by design of machinery
CR 1030-2:1995 Hand-arm vibration - Guidelines for vibration hazards reduction - Part 2: Management measures at the workplace
EN ISO 5353:1998 Earth-moving machinery, and tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry - Seat index point (ISO 5353:1995)
ISO 5006:2017 Earth-moving machinery — Operator's field of view — Test method and performance criteria
EN ISO 6682:2008 Earth-moving machinery - Zones of comfort and reach for controls (ISO 6682:1986, including Amd 1:1989)
EN 13490:2001+A1:2008 Mechanical vibration - Industrial trucks - Laboratory evaluation and specification of operator seat vibration
ISO 2631-1:1997 Mechanical vibration and shock — Evaluation of human exposure to whole-body vibration — Part 1: General requirements
1998/37/EC : 1998 DIRECTIVE 98/37/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 22 JUNE 1998 ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO MACHINERY
ISO 5007:2003 Agricultural wheeled tractors — Operator's seat — Laboratory measurement of transmitted vibration
ISO 2631-5:2004 Mechanical vibration and shock Evaluation of human exposure to whole-body vibration Part 5: Method for evaluation of vibration containing multiple shocks

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