Technology News 486: Floor Heaters Can Increase Operator's Dust Exposure in Enclosed Cabs

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Many types of heavy equipment are used in mining, construction, and agriculture. Most have enclosed cabs to protect the equipment operator from excessive dust and noise exposure. When the equipment is new, controls are normally implemented into the cab to keep these exposures at acceptable levels. However, as this equipment becomes older, many components of the enclosure deteriorate, such as gaskets and seals. This causes the effectiveness of the enclosed cab to be greatly reduced. Once this occurs, the equipment operator's dust exposure can increase to hazardous levels. In surface mining operations, elevated exposures to crystalline silica have caused an excessive incidence of silicosis. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Air Pollutants, Occupational Construction Industry Dust Mining Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Particulate Matter Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Silicon Dioxide

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• Keywords:
  Mining-industry; Construction-industry; Agriculture-industry; Dust-control; Dust-control-equipment; Mining-equipment; Silica-dusts; Safety-engineering; Safety-equipment; Airborne-dusts; Air-filters; Mine-workers; Agricultural-workers; Construction-workers; Pulmonary-system-disorders; Noise-control
• Source:
  NIOSH 2001 Mar; :1-2
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Technology News
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Periodical
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000986
• Contact Point Address:
  Andrew B. Cecala, Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cochrans Mill Road, P.O. Box 18070, Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0070
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d23e9f5d08ae4ffc4149c1223d8fd3ae70c6a96cfedd7e884942dbe623b38dd6b5462c0370adaf067dfa10281154c9baf26bf3f467e2b991b2c407a9898a6418
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/9364/cdc_9364_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 262.31 KB ]