Continuous Miner and Roof Bolter Dust Control

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• Alternative Title:
  Handbook for Dust Control in Mining [IC 9465]: Chapter 2: Continuous Miner and Roof Bolter Dust Control
• Personal Author:
  Goodman, Gerrit V. R. ; Kissell, Fred N.
• Description:
  This chapter explains how to control dust at continuous miner sections in coal mines where the main dust sources are continuous miners and roof bolters. In relation to dust, there are three categories of continuous miner faces depending on the type of ventilation and whether or not a machine-mounted dust scrubber is used. These are 1. Mining machines with dust scrubbers used with blowing face ventilation, 2. Mining machines with dust scurbbers used with exhaust face ventilation, 3. Mining machines without scrubbers used with exhaust face ventilation. The approach to dust control is somewhat different in all three of these. However, there are many dust control features (such as the need to provide adequate airflow) common to all continuous miner sections. For workers at roof bolter faces, there are two dust sources: 1. Dust from the continuous miner when it is upwind. 2. A malfunctioning dust collector on the bolter, which allows dust to escape. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Dust Engineering Mining Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Airborne-dusts Control-technology Dust-collection Dust-collectors Dust-control Dust-control-equipment Engineering-controls Mining-industry Sprays Underground-mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Information Circular
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Chapter
• 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:
  23-38
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20023266
• Citation:
  Handbook for dust control in mining. Kissell FN, ed. Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2003-147 (IC 9465), 2003 Jun; :23-38
• Editor(s):
  Kissell FN
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• 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-512:654435493a6a59c2e2375e3522a8f2de0e9b9bc975d808a6d9338bf076aaff587751d480a3890baf4c6ef91ae220029bb9d4d91b1a7c9daad802ebb370c2829b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220653/cdc_220653_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.71 MB ]