Contributing Factors in Respirable Dust Lung Deposition in Underground Coal Mines: Short Review

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• Personal Author:
  Rahimi E ; Roghanchi P ; Shekarian Y ; Su W-C
• Description:
  Exposure to respirable dust, particularly in underground mines, significantly affects the worker's health. During the last decades, respirable dust concentrations in surface and underground mines have been significantly reduced. However, the health data shows that the rate of mine workers with respiratory diseases is still high. Significant evidence suggests that respirable dust toxicity is related to particle characteristics, including mineralogy and morphology of the dust particles. This study discusses the respirable coal mine dust (RCMD) deposition in the human lung. Detailed investigation of RCMD particle characteristics, including size, shape, angularity, and composition, as well as bioaccessibility and wettability are required to better understand the RCMD lung deposition. Current mass-concentration-based sampling methods cannot provide sufficient information about the true dose of exposure. Therefore, lung deposition experiments are required to investigate the actual internal exposure dose among underground coal miners. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Lung Mining Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Dust Characterization Coal Dust Dust Analysis Inhalation Lung Deposition Particle Aerodynamics Respirable Coal Mine Dust Respirable Dust Respiratory System Underground Mining
• ISBN:
  9783031438028
• ISSN:
  2522-8714
• Publisher:
  Springer
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  New Mexico ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  117-120
• Volume:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069131
• Citation:
  Selected studies in environmental geosciences and hydrogeosciences: proceedings of the 3rd Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-3), November 2-5, 2020, Sousse, Tunisia. Kallel A, Barbieri M, Rodrigo-Comino J, Chaminé HI, Merkel B, Chenchouni H, Knight J, Panda S; Khélifi N, Benim AC, Grab S, El-Askary H, Banerjee S, Hadji R, Eshagh M, eds. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (ASTI). Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2023 Dec; 1:117-120
• Email:
  pedram.roghanchi@nmt.edu
• Editor(s):
  Kallel A; Barbieri M; Rodrigo-Comino J; Chaminé HI; Merkel B; Chenchouni H; Knight J; Panda S; Khélifi N; Benim AC; Grab S; El-Askary H; Banerjee S; Hadji R; Eshagh M
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• Performing Organization:
  New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20190915
• Source Full Name:
  Selected studies in environmental geosciences and hydrogeosciences: proceedings of the 3rd Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-3), November 2-5, 2020, Sousse, Tunisia
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6ab27e41337ac8677c4313705fc37772c3a648c52cd6bc47bd4252c492f894ae9570b561350bb01e7fd327add1fc0864d3262ec03fa400c7ab08ecad70c5c84b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207668/cdc_207668_DS1.pdf
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