Results of the search of scientific studies, publications and communications

For assessing the exposure to vibration to which users of handheld machinery are subjected, companies use emission measurements taken in situ under real use conditions, in compliance with Directive 2002/44/EC. Since such measurements are time-consuming…

Long term occupational exposure to Whole-Body Vibration (WBV) is a cause of Low Back Pain (LBP) for seated drivers. Poor and long term seated postures are considered as a cofactor in the risk. It depends on the vehicle’s ergonomics and tasks. Differences…

Mobile machine drivers are regularly exposed to vibration or shocks transmitted to the whole body through the seat and cabin floor. INRS studies were carried out to develop a general approach for assessing the vibration risk.

Seated mobile machinery operators are exposed to whole-body vibration (WBV) that may lead to low back pain (LBP). The procedure defined by ISO 2631-1:1997 for the evaluation of vibration does not take into account the physical stress caused by maintained…

Outline of reasons and objectives
Prolonged exposure to whole-body vibration increases the risk of low-back pain problems. In France, 3 million mobile plant operatives who work in the sitting position may be exposed to this type of stress (drivers…

This conference adressed the topics of occupational diseases, measurements of exposure, and modelling of the effects of vibration on humans. Various epidemiological studies, experiments and examples of practical prevention measures were…