Report of Investigations 9548: Dust Sources and Controls for Multiple-Machine Longwall Faces

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• Journal Article:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 9548
• Personal Author:
  Colinet, Jay F. ; Spencer, Ellsworth R.
• Description:
  Longwall mining in lower seam heights may necessitate the use of single drum shearers to overcome size constraints associated with standard double-drum shearers. In an effort to evaluate the unique dust control problems associated with this type of mining, the U.S. Bureau of Mines conducted dust surveys on two multi-machine longwall operations. Sampling was conducted to quantify major sources of respirable dust and to identify potential solutions to overcome problem areas. Sampling results indicate that the cutting sequences utilized on multi-machine faces may have to be designed to minimize dust exposure, as opposed to optimizing productivity or operational requirements. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Dust Engineering Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Shearer-loaders; Coal-mining; Longwall-mining; Dust-control; Mining-industry; Underground-mining; Mining-equipment; Respirable-dust; Engineering-controls; Control-technology
• Source:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 9548, 1995 Jan; :1-17
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications   ; Mining Publications  
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  15 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039145
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB95-220141
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5dd0ec1249ec17c426055aa2b229a6cbada9828a368eb4dea3a831934e49a13daf5b01334a87dec1de6ced1baa0468972892f924577c7243df9c2a50beedf47c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/10099/cdc_10099_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 871.59 KB ]