Quartz analyses of the bulk dust samples collected by the National Occupational Health Survey of Mining

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• Personal Author:
  Dieffenbach AL ; Greskevich, Mark F. ; Groce, Dennis W. ; Hearl, Frank J. ; Roman JM ; Turk AR
• Description:
  During the period from May 1984 through August 1989, samples were collected from 491 mines from 66 different mineral commodities by the National Occupational Health Survey of Mining (NOHSM) as part of an effort to set regulatory priorities and write improved standards, to improve compliance with existing standards, and to identify research needs. NIOSH analyzed 2075 bulk dust samples from NOHSM which yielded an average of 14% quartz (14808607). The data suggested that it is important to monitor coal mine occupations such as supply man and laborer on the surface along with metal/nonmetal occupations such as sizing and washing workers and bin pulley and truck loaders. The highest average percentage for quartz (22%) was found in surface pit coal mines. Of the 272,000 miners represented by the data of this study, 78,000 (29%) were potentially exposed to bulk dust containing an average of quartz greater than 12%. These workers experienced the highest potential exposures to bulk dust with average percentage quartz. The authors conclude that better regulations and control techniques can be developed for these workers based on these findings. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Dust Metals Minerals Mining Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Coal-dust Dust-exposure Metallic-minerals Mineral-dusts Mining-industry NIOSH-Author Nonmetallic-minerals Occupational-exposure Underground-mining
• ISSN:
  1047-322X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00209817
• Citation:
  Appl Occup Environ Hyg 1992 Aug; 7(8):527-531
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:183c09301e918daa00fd68b4c53cbe9a0307583e48b408a4c920e30602c98f5d9e425b3aced4caab479fa5eb5d9abc6b39cdb79ed5114302931c0a3c5a46789c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/205448/cdc_205448_DS1.pdf
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