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. 2024 May 22;10(11):e31086. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31086

Table 1.

Noise levels (2013:2019) average reading results.

ID/No. Location Name Results(dB) EEL4/94
Limits/8hrs
Control Rooms &Offices
#2 Security Office 50.8 >70 dB (High)
<70 dB (Low)
#3 Camp Area 58.2
#7 Clinic 53.0
#8 New Admin Office 69.5
#23 Power Plant Office 69.8
#37 Plant Control room 69.0
#38 Crusher Control Room 62.4
#39 Process and Mining Office 55.3
Work Environment
#1 Main Road 50.1 >90 dB (High)
<90 dB (Low)
#4 Batch Plant Area 71.0
#5 LV Workshop 75.2
#6 Warehouse 56.2
#9 Mining Check Point 64.0
#10 Drill Pattern 91.0
#11 Digging Face 82.2
#12 Blast Pattern 76.4
#13 Room Pad 69.5
#14 Waste Dump-Grade Control Area 65.6
#15 Waste Dump-Pit Containers Offices 60.4
#16 Underground Area 1(740 Access) 91.4
#17 Underground Area 2 (Tagboard 770) 102.5
#18 Underground Area 3 89.5
#19 Mobile Maintenance Workshop 76.6
#20 Area In front of the power plant 85.6
#21 Power Generators House 107.0
#22 Power station stacks Area 95.6
#24 Inside Laboratory (Sample Preparation) 67.4
#25 Outside laboratory 78.8
#26 Carbon Regeneration area 77.1
#27 Air Compressor Area 100.4
#28 Plant Workshops 72.1
#29 Mills Area 97.8
#30 Cyanide Area 80.2
#31 Floatation Tank Area 80.6
#32 Gold Room 61.7
#33 Carbon Leaching Tank Area 1 85.4
#34 Carbon Leaching Tank Area 2 85.9
#35 At Regrind Area 79.2
#36 At Lime Area 84.3