Powered Dust-Filtering Helmet Reduces Exposure to Diesel Soot

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• Personal Author:
  Divers, Edward F. ; Potts, J. Drew
• Description:
  Many longwall operations use dust helmets to reduce the respirable dust exposures of miners required to work downwind of crusher, roof support, and shearer operations. While continuous mining sections are usually less dusty, use of diesel equipment may represent a new potential health problem. Diesel particulates consist primarily of insoluble carbonaceous agglomerates and soluble organic compounds with some small concentrations of sulfates and trace metals. Some of the soluble organic compounds that are present in diesel soot have been shown to be carcinogenic in laboratory animals. To address these concerns, the U.S. Bureau of Mines recently conducted a study to determine the efficiency of a dust helmet on diesel particulates. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  • Dust
  • Mining
  • Occupational Health
  • Particulate Matter
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Safety
  • Vehicle Emissions
• Keywords:
  • Longwall mining
  • Underground mining
  • Underground mines
  • Underground miners
  • Mine workers
  • Miners
  • Mining
  • Mining industry
  • Respirable dust
  • Personal protective equipment
  More +
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  1040-7820
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; 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:
  66-67
• Volume:
  95
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10008402
• Citation:
  Coal 1990 Sep; 95(9):66-67
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Coal
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219852/cdc_219852_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.36 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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