Mining Publication: Technology News 548 - Bit Isolator Reduces Drilling Noise in Underground Coal Mines
March 2012

To develop an engineering noise control that reduces roof bolting machine (RBM) operators’ exposure to noise in underground coal mines, thereby decreasing the risk of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) in RBM operators and other workers in close proximity to RBMs.
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