Control of Dust in Hard-Rock Tunnels

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• Personal Author:
  Kissell, Fred N.
• Description:
  In this chapter: finding the dust source; ventilation and dust collector malfunctions; upgrading the dust controls; design stage ventilation planning. This chapter explains how to reduce respirable dust in hard-rock tunnels during excavation by using tunnel boring machines (TBMs). The first steps in combating a dust problem are to take dust samples to pinpoint the source, check the ventilation system, and check the dust collector. If the ventilation system and dust collector are operating properly, then other dust controls such as water sprays and conveyor belt scrapers must be upgraded. For tunnels in the design stage, recommended air quantities are provided. [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 Sprays Underground-mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  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:
  97-107
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20023391
• 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; :97-107
• Editor(s):
  Kissell FN
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Exposure Assessment Methods
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Handbook for dust control in mining
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220669/cdc_220669_DS1.pdf
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