Meeting dust assessment needs of an automated mining industry.

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• Personal Author:
  Williams KL
• Description:
  An overview was provided of a Bureau of Mines project that addressed improved monitoring and analysis of hazardous coal mine dusts. Major topics included real time dust level assessment, and dust component analysis. The project reviewed in this report had two primary goals. The first was to provide accurate real time measurements of the mass concentration of airborne respirable coal mine dust. Such capability was needed to provide feedback regarding dust levels to future automated dust control systems. The DAWN-A, a unique experimental apparatus for studying light scattered by dust particles, will be used to design an improved photometer. The second goal was to provide improved capabilities for respirable dust sample component analysis. The author states that such information will be needed to understand occupational lung disease and to better assess the hazards of workplaces. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy has been selected as a promising technique to accomplish that goal.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Airborne Particles Air Quality Monitoring Air Sampling Equipment Air Sampling Techniques Analytical Instruments Analytical Methods Analytical Processes Coal Dust Coal Miners Dust Samplers Dust Sampling Mining Industry Work Environment

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference/Symposia Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  636-640
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00198473
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the VIIth International Pneumoconioses Conference, August 23-26, 1988, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 90-108, 1990 Sep; (Part I):636-640
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Part Number:
  I
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the VIIth International Pneumoconioses Conference, August 23-26, 1988, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5d660cb79ee5a017573b1cf630f192c47ba143bb49eb6499a0dab0db52e3d59e37aa04aa0059e219e36943393dd8b5c5c9343871173c9a71db5149be8278b4e4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/180536/cdc_180536_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 189.63 KB ]