Bureau of Mines Respirable Dust Measurement and Monitoring Program

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• Personal Author:
  Schnakenberg, George H. Jr. ; Williams, Kenneth L.
• Description:
  This chapter reviews current projects and discusses the future direction of the Bureau of Mines respirable dust measurement and monitoring program. Projects presently underway include the development of a mining machine-mounted respirable dust monitor based on light scattering; the development of direct-indicating personal dust exposure monitors, one using light scattering and the other using a tapered element oscillating microbalance technique; a feasibility study of a light reflectance technique for measuring the mass of dust deposited on a filter; an in-house evaluation of various existing dust monitors; and two projects related to the determination of the quartz content of dust samples. The technical aspects of the various developments are not discussed in detail; rather, the philosophy and rationale behind the development or investigation are explained. Also, the chapter points out the need for and nature of a planned respirable coal mine dust monitoring strategy study. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Dusts Mining-industry Monitoring-systems Monitors Respirable-dust
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  9780250405312
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Indiana ; Michigan ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; 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:
  99-107
• Volume:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10003571
• Citation:
  Aerosols in the mining and industrial work environments: volume 1- fundamentals and status. Marple-VA; Liu-BYH, eds. Ann Arbor MI: Ann Arbor Science Publishers, 1983 Jan; 1:99-107
• Editor(s):
  Marple VA; Liu-BYH
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Aerosols in the mining and industrial work environments: volume 1- fundamentals and status
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219491/cdc_219491_DS1.pdf
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