NIOSH Ventilation Research Addressing Diesel Emissions and Other Air Quality Issues in Nonmetal Mines

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• Personal Author:
  Garcia F ; Grau, Roy H. III ; Mucho, Thomas P. ; Robertson, Susan B. ; Smith, Alex C.
• Description:
  Researchers working for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) at the Pittsburgh Research Center are developing ways to protect the health of miners. Part of that effort is improving the air quality in metal/nonmetal mines by developing proper ventilation techniques. The air quality of large opening nonmetal mines can be greatly improved by using engineering controls of contaminant prevention and proper ventilation techniques. Contaminant prevention includes methods to reduce contaminants from entering the mine air. Ventilation can be improved with appropriate fan selection and fan operation used in conjunction with air coursing using manmade and insitu rock stoppings. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution Air Pollution, Indoor Engineering Mining Occupational Health Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-quality Engineering-controls Miners Mining-equipment Mining-industry Underground-mining Ventilation-equipment
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Arizona ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 9 ; 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:
  1-7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20023176
• Citation:
  2002 SME Annual Meeting, Feb 25-27, Phoenix, Arizona, preprint 02-187. Littleton, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., 2002 Feb; :1-7
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Control Technology and Personal Protective Equipment
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:78a00cbb23d51388519931e514b0804df8b64204b3c08b81202ca5f42446b281082e03736e637b9fc5f1ce4632c6de2c3597d7907c2780c948a6f583d3e881bf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220634/cdc_220634_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 286.97 KB ]