Review of occupational standards and guidelines for hand-arm (segmental) vibration syndrome (HAVS)
Pelmear, Peter L. ; Leong, David
Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
2000
15
3
291-302
diagnosis ; hand arm vibration ; literature survey ; methodology ; perceptual motor performance tests ; standard ; vibration diseases ; vibration perception threshold
Occupational diseases
English
This article reviews the health effects, treatment, prevention strategies, and international standards for hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS). It draws attention to the proposed International Standards Organization (ISO) 1998 revision requirement to base the assessment of vibration on the root-sum-of-squares for all directions rather than the dominant direction; the European Economic Commission (EEC) directives with their threshold, action, and ceiling levels; and the intent of the EEC, United Kingdom, and Japanese jurisdictions to propose action levels to prevent the incidence of vibration-induced Raynaud's phenomenon (VWF) from exceeding the background level in their countries. Proposals for the revision of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH®) Threshold Limit Values (TLV®s) are presented.
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