Monitoring of Gases from Explosives Detonated in an Underground Mine

Details

• Personal Author:
  Garcia MM ; Jucevic EP ; Kittrell WC
• Description:
  The concentration of six different gases produced by the detonation of four explosives was measured in a dry underground metal mine during actual mining operations. The four explosives included one semigelatin dynamite, one gelatin dynamite, and two water gel explosives. A standard drill pattern was used to detonate the explosives as a full-face round in the drift. The gases released by the explosion were trapped in the drift. The concentration of the gases in the test chamber were measured by direct readout instruments. The average volume of each gas per pound of explosives detonated in the following ranges, in cubic feet per pound: no, 0.04 to 0.14; NO2, 0.03 to 0.10; Co, 0.08 to 0.45; So2, 0.0001 To 0.0006; Nh3, 0.003 to 0.027; and co2, 1.82 to 7.02. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Open File Report
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Final Contract Report
• Place as Subject:
  Arizona ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 9 ; 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:
  1-81
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10002850
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83-191718
• Citation:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, 1982; :1-81
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Performing Organization:
  University of Arizona
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:51ae8f2e07acc6f4f256606e4d2f82599d3c26ca1924f99df2610ed939a975bc875ffbdf2a3949cae16ecfa54e4df58094e261506dc60f40e3ecc74fef45fcbe
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206655/cdc_206655_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.65 MB ]