General noise experiences:
“Unfortunately, quarrying involves several activities that generate significant amounts of noise. It starts with the preparatory activities, such as establishing road or rail access, compound and even mineral processing facilities. Next is the process of exposing the mineral to be extracted and this is usually done by removing the top soil and other soft layers using a scraper, or hydraulic excavators and dump trucks. The excavation of the mineral itself will involve considerable noise, particularly is blasting methods are used. Following this, the use of powered machinery to transport the materials as well as possibly processing plants to crush and grade the minerals, all contribute even more noise to the environment”
“Every time a truck backed up. Beep. Beep. Beep. Each time a backhoe or a bulldozer went into reverse. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.” “Like Chinese water torture,” she says, only it was shrill, like bats, sharp, like arrows at her head.”
“One of the scourges of urban areas is the requirement (I presume) that heavy equipment make a loud beeping noise when it’s backing up.” “As such, as we all know, the sound is really piercing. And more to the point, it travels, often for miles. It’s a major noise pollution anywhere near any work site. I presume part of the problem as well is workers wearing hearing protection need it even louder.”
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