Vibration

• Information on vibration, supplied by the "Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin" (Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, abbreviated to "BAuA" in German)
• Vibration (exposure) research by the BGIA (BG Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
• New regulation on assessing human exposure to mechanical vibrations (VDI 2057) - VDI 2057 has been entirely restructured as follows:

• Hand-arm vibrations
  It was decided that the new version of VDI 2057 should deal with exposure to whole-body vibrations and hand-arm vibrations in separate parts since the two topics are covered separately in international standards. 
• Whole-body vibrations
  The new international standard ISO 2631-1 : 1997 necessitated a revision of VDI 2057 Part 1. The amended regulation has resulted in new assessment parameters. Existing hazard assessments may need to be reviewed.
• KarLA - Catalogue of Representative Noise and Vibration Data at the Workplace, produced by the Potsdam "Landesamt für Arbeitsschutz" (Federal-State Institute for Occupational Safety, LAS) with support from the European Commission. In order to conduct hazard assessments concerning mechanical vibrations, it is necessary to know the exposure level and the resulting permissible exposure times. The database can also be used to select particularly low-vibration devices when deciding which product to buy... 

BAuA information on vibrations 

The Information Service at the "Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin" (Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, BAuA) supplies its own English summaries of the latest research findings concerning vibration, e.g.:

• Reduction of the vibration exposure for the hand-arm-system by the optimization of impact and rotary hammers drills - Research report Fb 721
• Stadiometric measurement of disc injury after long-time exposure to whole body vibrations - Research report Fb 10002
• Retrospective statistical study on bone- and joint damages due to occupational exposure to hand-arm vibration in the construction- and building material industry - Research report Fb 10001
• Non-auditory effects of noise with different tonal components in earth-moving machines isolated and combined with random whole-body vibration environment - Research report Fb 775
• Complex physical and mental reactions by the organism to excavating machine noise of differing psycho-acoustic characteristics, in isolation and in combination with workplace-typical, stochastic whole-body vibrations - Project number: F 5113
• "Noise/vibrations" information service (2/2005)
• ISOMAG - Computer Aided Vibration Isolation of Machines and Devices
• Spinal load caused by occupational whole-body vibration with different frequencies, magnitudes and directions - Project number: F 2028
• KAMIN: Catalogue of practically proved solutions of the technical vibration protection and for elements for the vibration reduction - Research report Fb 981
• Modal analysis of selected handles of hand-held portable power tools - Research report Fb 891
• Strain and stress by whole-body vibration containing shocks - Research report 01hk030
• Vibration models of the hand-arm system for the use in test stands of hand-held machines - Research report Fb 864
• Determination of the measurement uncertainty using the testing methods for vibration emission of hand held vibrating tools - Research report Fb 830
• Biodynamic characteristics during the exposure to whole-body vibration in three directions separately and simultanously - Project number: F 5173

Vibration (exposure) research by the BGIA

• Vibration exposure at drivers' seats in heavy goods vehicles with a total permitted weight of up to 7.5 t
• Vibration exposure in coaches at the driver’s seat
• Vibration exposure of helicopter pilots
• Vibration, epidemiological study on "Whole-body vibration"
• Exposure to hand-arm vibration at workplaces in the construction industry