Improving Ventilation in Underground Stone Mines

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• Personal Author:
  Kissell, Fred N. ; Volkwein, Jon C.
• Description:
  The new MSHA diesel rules have stone mine operators looking hard at possible upgrades to their ventilation systems. There are existing methods to reduce diesel engine emissions (MSHA, 2001)(Head, 2001b), but many operators will decide that a ventilation upgrade is necessary as well. NIOSH has several stone mine ventilation projects underway, but in the meantime a good information resource is the work done by the U.S. Bureau of Mines in the 70's and 80's on ventilation for oil shale mines. The Bureau conducted this research because oil shale mines were projected to be gassy and would, therefore, require a lot of ventilation air. The focus of this oil shale work was on the use of jet fans for face area ventilation, and on stoppings that would be low cost and leak-tight. The work also considered changes in mine design to reduce the number and size of stoppings. The findings are still applicable to stone mines. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Movements Air Pollutants, Occupational Mining Occupational Health Safety Vehicle Emissions Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-flow Air-purification Diesel-emissions Diesel-exhausts Mine-workers Mining-industry Ventilation-equipment Ventilation-systems
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  1552-3071
• 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:
  20-25
• Volume:
  1
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20023014
• Citation:
  Aggreg Manag 2002 Apr; 1(1):20-25
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Exposure Assessment Methods
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:28356ee22dbd082cf02d5f6bec20b40d643cc12b4d20b4aec4775bd3564ee6cda4b88359e86a31bced52f4ea79c5def72849945af4a645aea5a17809ace28b98
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220603/cdc_220603_DS1.pdf
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