Control of Dust in Hard Rock Tunnels

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• Personal Author:
  Kissell, Fred N.
• Description:
  This article explains how to reduce respirable dust in hard rock tunnels during excavation by tunnel boring machines (TBMs). When dust levels are too high, the dust source must be pinpointed and the ventilation and dust collection systems must be checked. If the ventilation and dust collection systems are working properly, then the water sprays or conveyor dust controls must be upgraded. The management of other air contaminants has been covered elsewhere. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Dust Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-monitoring Air-purification Dust-collection Dust-control Dust-control-equipment Dusts Respirable-dust Ventilation-systems
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• 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:
  28-33
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022738
• Citation:
  Tunnel Bus Mag 2002 Aug; :28-33
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Tunnel Business Magazine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f5db6f69584f1834ab9f060439a6f0d77ee0d5f382fee461c5e2004a6554937d863f4971ca4ebee1db0c40539de95276d4ea69d0da2aafbf8611149e4bf9bc2f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220576/cdc_220576_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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