Test Report on the Machine-Mounted Continuous Respirable Dust Monitor

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• Personal Author:
  Kissell, Fred N. ; Thimons, Edward D.
• Description:
  The machine-mounted continuous respirable dust montior (MMCRDM) is a fixed-location area sampling device developed for possible use at the working face of an underground coal mine. This device, based on proprietary technology known as the tapered element oscillating microbalance, has evolved over the past eight years through a cooperative effort of the rformer Bureau of Mines, MSHA, and the Rupprecht and Patashnick Company in Albany, NY. The capability to measure respirable cola mine dust levels on a continuous basis, rather than depending solely on periodic samples obtained from the traditional coal mine dust samplers, has been a goal in the mining industry for nearly two decades. Recently, an extensive series of laboratory and underground tests was conducted by NIOSH with the cooperation of MSHA and coal operators to test the performance of the MMCRDM. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Dust Lung Lung Diseases Mining Occupational Health Pneumoconiosis Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Dust Black Lung Coal Dust Coal Miners Coal Mining Coal Workers Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis Dust Exposure Dust Instrumentation Dust Measurement Dust Monitoring Dusts Dust Samplers Dust Sampling Pulmonary System Pulmonary System Disorders Respiratory System Disorders

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  8391310914
• Publisher:
  Research & Development Center for Electrical Engineering and Automation in Mining (EMAG)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings ; Book
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  253-260
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20021356
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the Seventh International Mine Ventilation Congress, June 17-22, 2001, Crakow, Poland. S Wasilewski, ed., Crakow, Poland: Research & Development Center for Electrical Engineering and Automation in Mining (EMAG), 2001 Jun; :253-260
• Editor(s):
  Wasilewski S
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:160ce633e3696b365eaacd5684865fa8617906e82f19c433020d2087305ee900f91c949b1f82fd0542990c00b2c7d6f36bdc2f51f2f900c917ed418b2e90efdf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220468/cdc_220468_DS1.pdf
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