Forty Years of NIOSH/USBM-Developed Control Technology to Reduce Respirable Dust Exposure to Miners in Industrial Minerals Processing Operations

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• Personal Author:
  Cecala, Andrew B. ; Colinet, Jay F. ; Haas, Emily J. ; Louk AK ; Patts, Justin R.
• Description:
  Worker exposure to dust - especially respirable crystalline silica - has long been a paramount concern for the health of our nation's miners and other workers. The inhalation of respirable crystalline silica can lead to silicosis, a disabling and potentially fatal lung disease, as well as also having other major health consequences. One main area of focus for the Pittsburgh Mining Research Division of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and the former U.S. Bureau of Mines, has been to conduct research to lower exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust and other respirable dusts and contaminants in mining operations. This proceeding provides an overview of a number of engineering control technologies and interventions that have been developed and tested over the past 40 years and which have been demonstrated to be successful in lowering mine workers' respirable dust exposure at metal/nonmetal mines and mills, and specifically at industrial mineral processing operations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Engineering Environmental Pollution Lung Diseases Minerals Mining Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Silicon Dioxide Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Control Technology Crystalline Silica Disease Control Disease Prevention Dust Control Dust Control Equipment Employee Exposure Engineering Controls Environmental Contamination Industrial Processes Inhalation Intervention Lung Disease Metal Mining Milling Industry Mineral Processing Miners Nonmetal Mining Occupational Exposure Respirable Dust Safety Research Silica Dusts Silicosis Work Environment

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Arizona ; Colorado ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 8 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PMRD - Pittsburgh Mining Research Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059715
• Citation:
  MineXchange: 2020 SME Annual Conference & Expo, February 23-26, 2020, Phoenix, Arizona, preprint 20-119. Englewood, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 2020 Feb; :1-10
• Contact Point Address:
  A. B. Cecala, NIOSH Pittsburgh Mining Research Division, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, USA
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7) ; Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  MineXchange: 2020 SME Annual Conference & Expo, February 23-26, 2020, Phoenix, Arizona, preprint 20-119
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3aee9b06e5e250691206224f0fead085d9b4f1cf432a6fc73cad9abf74dee9a3ec5798b294980b03aa901ae068f912e5f34787195608ad45772bddaf30021450
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/215279/cdc_215279_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.16 MB ]