Use of the Field-Based Silica Monitoring Technique in a Coal Mine: A Case Study

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• Personal Author:
  Cauda, Emanuele G. ; Chubb, Lauren G. ; Meadows JJ ; Pampena JD
• Description:
  Respirable crystalline silica (RCS) found in dust generated by various mining processes is an important occupational hazard in the underground coal-mining industry. Exposure can lead to disabling and incurable diseases, including coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), silicosis and lung cancer. Clusters of rapidly progressive CWP have been observed in the Appalachian regions of eastern Kentucky and southwestern Virginia, and recent cases have been generally more severe and showing more rapid progression. CWP is approximately four times as common among long-tenured underground coal miners in central Appalachia than long-tenured underground miners in the rest of the United States, and 20.6 percent of long-tenured underground miners in central Appalachia were suffering from the disease as of 2017. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Dust Mining Occupational Health Safety Silicon Dioxide
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Crystalline Silica Coal Dust Coal Miners Coal Mining Crystalline Silica Dust Sampling Field-based Monitoring FTIR Mineral Dusts Mining Industry Monitoring Systems Respirable Dust Samplers Sampling Equipment

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  0026-5187
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania ; West Virginia
• 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:
  43-45
• Volume:
  72
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059379
• Citation:
  Min Eng 2020 Apr; 72(4):43-45
• Contact Point Address:
  Emanuele G. Cauda, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
• Email:
  ecauda@cdc.gov
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Mining Engineering
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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