Noise characteristics of grass-trimming machine engines and their effect on operators.

• Main Authors: Mallick, Z., Badruddin, I.A., Khaleed Hussain, M.T., Salman Ahmed, N.J., Kanesan, J.
• Format: Article
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/1097/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19414929

Over the last few years, interaction of humans with noisy power-driven agricultural tools and its possible adverse after effects have been realized. Grass-trimmer engine is the primary source of noise and the use of motorized cutter, spinning at high speed, is the secondary source of noise to which...