Information Circular 8490: Respirable Dust Control in the Mines of West Germany

Details

• Personal Author:
  Schlick, Donald P.
• Description:
  The German experience in dealing with the health hazard of respirable dust in underground mines is reported from first-hand observation in this Bureau of Mines paper. The report covers--(1) the control of dust by water infusion, water spraying, and ventilation. (2) The sampling devices (tyndalloscope, konimeter, and bat-i) and methods used to determine the dust concentrations in mines. (3) The systems of classifying hazardous and safe dust levels in mines. (4) The research facilities devoted to theoretical and applied work on mine dust and pneumoconiotic disease. The major research projects on dust and disease now underway in West Germany are outlined in an appendix. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Information Circular
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  24 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10009367
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-196723
• Citation:
  NTIS: PB 196 723 :16 pages
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1970
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NTIS: PB 196 723
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:45892b406d2ee7478968d485b2923c5bff96e9f535085d8683ae767475dac7e057c5bda98f599e76de186a7faef53b00be20a45093a676dad19873f071788781
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206235/cdc_206235_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 361.78 KB ]