Whole Body Vibration Assessment of the Mining Truck Drivers; a Case Study

摘要

Mining haul trucks expose their drivers to the dangerous level of whole body vibrations because of their various working cycles and also passing on the roads with different qualities. This paper reports an experimental study to fine the effects of working conditions on the whole body vibration of mining truck driver. To achieve this goal, first, the root mean square of vibration at different truck speed, weight and geometry of load in the truck bucket and also in different road qualities are measured. Then, the health risk levels of vibrations are analyzed according to ISO 2631-1 standard. Moreover, the artificial neural network used to predict the vibrational health risk level at different working conditions.