title: Can an iPod Touch be used to assess whole-body vibration associated with mining equipment?
abstract: The cost and complexity of commercially available whole-body vibration measurement devices is a barrier to the systematic collection of the information required to manage this hazard. The potential for a consumer electronic device to be used to estimate whole-body vibration was assessed by collecting 58 simultaneous pairs of acceleration measurements in three dimensions from a fifth-generation iPod Touch and gold standard whole-body vibration measurement devices, while a range of heavy mining equipment was operated at three surface coal mines. The results suggest that accelerometer data gathered from a consumer electronic device are able to be used to measure whole-body vibration amplitude with 95% confidence of ±0.06 m s(-2) root mean square for the vertical direction (1.96 × standard deviation of the constant error).
authors.affiliation: 1.Department of Rural Health, The University of Newcastle, Tamworth 2348, Australia; 1.Department of Rural Health, The University of Newcastle, Tamworth 2348, Australia;
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wolfgang
authors.affiliation: 2.Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia.
authors.forename: Luke
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Di Corleto
authors.affiliation: 2.Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia r.burgesslimerick@uq.edu.au.
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Burgess-Limerick
mesh_terms: D034201:Computers, Handheld; D006801:Humans; D055539:MP3-Player; D008906:Mining; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D012984:Software; D014732:Vibration
keywords: consumer electronic device; mining equipment; whole-body vibration